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Detection and characterization of Wolbachia infections in natural populations of aphids: is the hidden diversity fully unraveled?
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Augustinos Antonis A, Santos-Garcia Diego, Dionyssopoulou Eva, Moreira Marta, Papapanagiotou Aristeidis, Scarvelakis Marios, Doudoumis Vangelis, Ramos Silvia, Aguiar Antonio F, Borges Paulo A V, Khadem Manhaz, Latorre Amparo, Tsiamis George, Bourtzis Kostas
Abstract excerpt
Aphids are a serious threat to agriculture, despite being a rather small group of insects. The about 4,000 species worldwide engage in highly interesting and complex relationships with their microbial fauna. One of the key symbionts in arthropods is Wolbachia, an α-Proteobacterium implicated in many important biological processes and believed to be a potential tool for biological control. Aphids were thought not...
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