Inactivation of Wolbachia Reveals Its Biological Roles in Whitefly Host

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Xue, Xia ^a   Li, Shao Jian ^a   Ahmed, Muhammad Z ^a,b   De Barro, Paul J ^c   Ren, Shun Xiang ^a   Qiu, Bao Li ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL INACTIVATION; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENCARSIA BIMACULATA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMAGO; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT REPRODUCTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NYMPH; PARASITOID; PORTIERA ALEYRODIDARUM; PROGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SWEET POTATO WHITEFLY; SYMBIONT; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMIPTERA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LONGEVITY; MALE; NYMPH; PARASITE EGG COUNT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFAMPIN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEX RATIO; SYMBIOSIS; WASPS; WOLBACHIA;

ALEYRODIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEMISIA TABACI; CANDIDATUS PORTIERA ALEYRODIDARUM; ENCARSIA BIMACULATA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84868145605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048148     Document Type: Article

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