Insect-symbiont: The key relationship to get in-depth insight on the host choice of bacteria

Invertebrate Survival Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-101

  Mandrioli, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Host choice; Insect bacteria interaction; Symbiont genome degeneration; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953221764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1824307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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