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Bacteriophage WO in Wolbachia infecting terrestrial isopods.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 18 Nov 2005
Braquart-Varnier Christine, Grève Pierre, Félix Christine, Martin Gilbert
Abstract excerpt
Wolbachia are maternally inherited intracellular alpha-proteobacteria that infect a wide range of arthropods. They are associated with a number of different reproductive phenotypes in arthropods and nematodes. In isopod crustacean, Wolbachia are responsible for feminization of genetic males in many species, and for cytoplasmic incompatibility in two species. In this paper, we report the first detection of phage...
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