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Genomic insights into Spiroplasma endosymbionts that induce male-killing and protective phenotypes in the pea aphid.
FEMS microbiology letters - 9 Jan 2024
Arai Hiroshi, Legeai Fabrice, Kageyama Daisuke, Sugio Akiko, Simon Jean-Christophe
Abstract excerpt
The endosymbiotic bacteria Spiroplasma (Mollicutes) infect diverse plants and arthropods, and some of which induce male killing, where male hosts are killed during development. Male-killing Spiroplasma strains belong to either the phylogenetically distant Citri-Poulsonii or Ixodetis groups. In Drosophila flies, Spiroplasma poulsonii induces male killing via the Spaid toxin. While Spiroplasma ixodetis infects a...
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