Association of a new Wolbachia strain with, and its effects on, Leptopilina victoriae, a virulent wasp parasitic to Drosophila spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 5962-5966

  Gueguen, Gwenaelle ^a   Onemola, Bodunde ^a   Govind, Shubha ^a,b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIA; LIFE HISTORY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; CYTOPLASMIC INCOMPATIBILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARASITE INFESTATION; VIRULENCE; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DROSOPHILA; HOST SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WASPS; WOLBACHIA;

ARTHROPODA; LEPTOPILINA VICTORIAE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84866175683     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01058-12     Document Type: Article

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