The facultative symbiont Rickettsia protects an invasive whitefly against entomopathogenic Pseudomonas syringae strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 7161-7168

  Hendry, Tory A ^a,b   Hunter, Martha S ^a   Baltrus, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NETWORK SECURITY; PATHOGENS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CONTEXT DEPENDENT; ENDOSYMBIONT; LOW RATES; PATHOGEN INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SWEET POTATO;

BACTERIA;

APHID; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WHITEFLY;

ALEYRODIDAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RICKETTSIA;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RICKETTSIA; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOSIS; HEMIPTERA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RICKETTSIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84910112706     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02447-14     Document Type: Article

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