Interwoven biology of the tsetse holobiont

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 4322-4330

  Snyder, Anna K ^a   Rio, Rita V M ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; DIPTERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EVOLUTION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GLOSSINIDAE; HOLOBIONT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SHORT SURVEY; SYMBIONT; TRYPANOSOMA; VECTOR CONTROL; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; SYMBIOSIS; TSETSE FLIES;

EID: 84885445210     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00487-13     Document Type: Short Survey

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