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Host Adaptation of a<i>Wolbachia</i>Strain after Long-Term Serial Passage in Mosquito Cell Lines
4 Oct 2008
Abstract excerpt
The horizontal transfer of the bacterium Wolbachia pipientis between invertebrate hosts hinges on the ability of Wolbachia to adapt to new intracellular environments. The experimental transfer of Wolbachia between distantly related host species often results in the loss of infection, presumably due to an inability of Wolbachia to adapt quickly to the new host. To examine the process of adaptation to a novel host,...
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