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Discovery of a novel Wolbachia super group in Isoptera.
Current microbiology - 1 Dec 2005
Bordenstein Seth, Rosengaus Rebeca B
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Wolbachia are one of the most abundant groups of bacterial endosymbionts in the biosphere. Interest in these heritable microbes has expanded with the discovery of wider genetic diversity in under-sampled host species. Here, we report on the putative discovery of a new genetic lineage, denoted super group H, which infects the Isopteran species Zootermopsis angusticollis and Z. nevadensis. Evidence for this novel...
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