Escherichia coli K-12 pathogenicity in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, reveals reduced antibacterial defense in aphids

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1091-1097

  Altincicek, Boran ^a,b   ter Braak, Bas ^a   Laughton, Alice M ^a   Udekwu, Klas I ^a,c   Gerardo, Nicole M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Immune system; Pathogen; Pea aphid; Reactive oxygen species; Symbionts

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; APHID; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; HEMOLYMPH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79959550968     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: 0145305X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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