Lateral Phage Transfer in Obligate Intracellular Bacteria (Wolbachia): Verification from Natural Populations

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 501-505

  Chafee, Meghan E ^a   Funk, Daniel J ^a   Harrison, Richard G ^b   Bordenstein, Seth R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Coinfection; Lateral gene transfer; Obligate intracellular bacteria; Recombination; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE WO-B; BEETLE; GRYLLUS PENNSYLVANICUS; HAPLOTYPE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST; INSECT; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; MIXED INFECTION; NEOCHLAMISUS BEBBIANAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BAYES THEOREM; BEETLES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GRYLLIDAE; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; PHYLOGENY; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE WO; CHRYSOMELIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS PENNSYLVANICUS; HEXAPODA; NEOCHLAMISUS BEBBIANAE; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 77249151431     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp275     Document Type: Article

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