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Large scale screening of digeneans for Neorickettsia endosymbionts using real-time PCR reveals new Neorickettsia genotypes, host associations and geographic records.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Greiman Stephen E, Tkach Vasyl V, Pulis Eric, Fayton Thomas J, Curran Stephen S
Abstract excerpt
Digeneans are endoparasitic flatworms with complex life cycles including one or two intermediate hosts (first of which is always a mollusk) and a vertebrate definitive host. Digeneans may harbor intracellular endosymbiotic bacteria belonging to the genus Neorickettsia (order Rickettsiales, family...
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