Mosquito-Bacteria Symbiosis: The Case of Anopheles gambiae and Asaia

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 644-654

  Damiani, Claudia ^a   Ricci, Irene ^a   Crotti, Elena ^b   Rossi, Paolo ^a   Rizzi, Aurora ^b   Scuppa, Patrizia ^a   Capone, Aida ^a   Ulissi, Ulisse ^a   Epis, Sara ^a   Genchi, Marco ^c   Sagnon, N'Fale ^d   Faye, Ingrid ^e   Kang, Angray ^f   Chouaia, Bessem ^b   Whitehorn, Cheryl ^g   Moussa, Guelbeogo W ^d   Mandrioli, Mauro ^h   Esposito, Fulvio ^a   Sacchi, Luciano ^c   Bandi, Claudio ^b   Daffonchio, Daniele ^b   Favia, Guido ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d Burkina Faso   (Burkina Faso)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ASAIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 77958064295     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9704-8     Document Type: Article

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