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Facultative symbionts in aphids and the horizontal transfer of ecologically important traits.

Annual review of entomology - 1 Jan 2010

Oliver Kerry M, Degnan Patrick H, Burke Gaelen R, Moran Nancy A

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Aphids engage in symbiotic associations with a diverse assemblage of heritable bacteria. In addition to their obligate nutrient-provisioning symbiont, Buchnera aphidicola, aphids may also carry one or more facultative symbionts. Unlike obligate symbionts, facultative symbionts are not generally required for survival or reproduction and can invade novel hosts, based on both phylogenetic analyses and transfection...

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PMID: 19728837
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-112408-085305

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