Protection against a fungal pathogen conferred by the aphid facultative endosymbionts Rickettsia and Spiroplasma is expressed in multiple host genotypes and species and is not influenced by co-infection with another symbiont

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2654-2661

  Lukasik, P ^a,d   Guo, H ^a,b   Van Asch, M ^a   Ferrari, J ^a,c   Godfray, H C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Endosymbiosis; Inclusive fitness; Pandora neoaphidis; Resistance; Secondary symbiont; Sitobion avenae

Indexed keywords

APHID; BACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FECUNDITY; FUNGUS; GENOTYPE; HOST; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; INFECTIVITY; PATHOGEN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PANDORA NEOAPHIDIS; RICKETTSIA; SITOBION AVENAE; SPIROPLASMA;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; MICROBIOLOGY; PANDORA NEOAPHIDIS; PATHOGENICITY; PEA APHID; RESISTANCE; RICKETTSIA; SECONDARY SYMBIONT; SITOBION AVENAE; SPIROPLASMA; SYMBIOSIS;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; PANDORA NEOAPHIDIS; RESISTANCE; SECONDARY SYMBIONT; SITOBION AVENAE;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; FUNGI; GENOTYPE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; RICKETTSIA; SPIROPLASMA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84888062594     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12260     Document Type: Article

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