Insect endosymbionts: Manipulators of insect herbivore trophic interactions?

Protoplasma

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-51

  Clark, Emily L ^a,b   Karley, Alison J ^a   Hubbard, Stephen F ^a,b,c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endosymbiont; Facultative; Herbivore; Insect; Obligate; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECTS; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA;

EID: 77955749992     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-010-0156-2     Document Type: Review

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