Pathogenicity of life-shortening Wolbachia in Aedes albopictus after transfer from Drosophila melanogaster

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7783-7788

  Suh, Eunho ^a   Mercer, David R ^a   Fu, Yuqing ^a,b   Dobson, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURES; CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYONIC MORTALITY; MUTUALISTIC SYMBIOSIS; TYPICAL PATTERNS;

AGE STRUCTURE; BACTERIUM; CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE VECTOR; ENDOSYMBIONT; FECUNDITY; FLY; HERITABILITY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 73249123405     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01331-09     Document Type: Article

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