Rickettsia symbionts cause parthenogenetic reproduction in the parasitoid wasp pnigalio soemius (hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2589-2599

  Giorgini, Massimo ^a   Bernardo, U ^a   Monti, M M ^a   Nappo, A G ^a   Gebiola, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; FISH; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA;

CLONING AND SEQUENCING; DISPARATE GROUPS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TISSUES; RICKETTSIA SYMBIONT;

BACTERIA;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; CLONE; GENE; HOME RANGE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITOID; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SYMBIONT; WASP;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EULOPHIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PNIGALIO SOEMIUS; RICKETTSIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77950575516     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03154-09     Document Type: Article

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