Sexual transmission of a plant pathogenic bacterium, Candidatus liberibacter asiaticus, between conspecific insect vectors during mating

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Mann, Rajinder S ^a   Pelz Stelinski, Kirsten ^a   Hermann, Sara L ^a   Tiwari, Siddharth ^a   Stelinski, Lukasz L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS (ROD SHAPED BACTERIUM); BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS; CITRUS FRUIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DISEASE CARRIER; EGG; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEMIPTERA; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATING; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OVARY; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 83755163809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029197     Document Type: Article

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