The incidence of bacterial endosymbionts in terrestrial arthropods

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1807, 2015, Pages

  Weinert, Lucy A ^a   Araujo Jnr, Eli V ^a   Ahmed, Muhammad Z ^b   Welch, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardinium; Infection; Maximum likelihood; Rickettsia; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BACTERIUM; CORRELATION; DATABASE; DIVERGENCE; ENDOSYMBIONT; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTIVITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; SAMPLING BIAS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS CARDINIUM; HEXAPODA; RICKETTSIA; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; BACTEROIDETES; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BACTEROIDETES; INCIDENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; RICKETTSIA; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84928920384     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0249     Document Type: Article

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