Infection densities of three Spiroplasma strains in the host Drosophila melanogaster

Symbiosis

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-93

  Silva, Nadisha O ^a   Guenther, Lacie L ^a   Xie, Jialei ^a   Mateos, Mariana ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endosymbiont; Male killing; Mollicutes; Reproductive parasite; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIONT; FLY; INFECTIVITY; MALE-KILLING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA HYDEI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA NEBULOSA; HEXAPODA; MOLLICUTES; SPIROPLASMA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84868504974     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: 18787665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13199-012-0181-3     Document Type: Article

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