New Spiroplasma in parasitic Leptus mites and their Agathemera walking stick hosts from Argentina

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-228

  DiBlasi, Emily ^a   Morse, Solon ^a   Mayberry, Jason R ^a   Avila, Luciano J ^b   Morando, Mariana ^b   Dittmar, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agathemera; Host parasite interactions; Leptus; Mite vector; Phylogeny; Spiroplasma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MITE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIROPLASMA;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; INSECTS; MITES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPIROPLASMA;

ACARI; AGATHEMERA; LEPTUS; PHASMATODEA; SPIROPLASMA;

EID: 80955177586     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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