Still a host of hosts for Wolbachia: Analysis of recent data suggests that 40% of terrestrial arthropod species are infected

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Zug, Roman ^a   Hammerstein, Peter ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENOPHONUS; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARDINIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSYMBIONT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA IXODETIS; SPIROPLASMA POULSONII; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; WOLBACHIA;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; HOST SPECIFICITY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84862012992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038544     Document Type: Article

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