Spiroplasma bacteria enhance survival of Drosophila hydei attacked by the parasitic wasp Leptopilina heterotoma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Xie, Jialei ^a   Vilchez, Igor ^a   Mateos, Mariana ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA HYDEI; EGG LAYING; ENDOSYMBIONT; FEMALE; LEPTOPILINA HETEROTOMA; NONHUMAN; SPIROPLASMA; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS; WASP; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; HUMAN; LARVA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTHROPODA; DROSOPHILA HYDEI; HEXAPODA; LEPTOPILINA HETEROTOMA; SPIROPLASMA; VESPOIDEA;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; OVIPOSITION; SPIROPLASMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WASPS;

EID: 77957221348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012149     Document Type: Article

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