Endosymbiotic bacteria as a source of carotenoids in whiteflies

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 986-989

  Sloan, Daniel B ^a   Moran, Nancy A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bemisia tabaci; Candidatus portiera aleyrodidarum; Carotenoids; Endosymbionts; Genome reduction

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; APHID; BACTERIUM; CAROTENOID; DIET; ENDOSYMBIONT; FUNGUS; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; WHITEFLY;

EID: 84869840246     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0664     Document Type: Article

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