Original paper

Culture of an aphid heritable symbiont demonstrates its direct role in defence against parasitoids

Volume: 284, Issue: 1866, Pages: 20171925 - 20171925
Published: Nov 1, 2017
Abstract
Heritable symbionts are common in insects with many contributing to host defence. Hamiltonella defensa is a facultative, bacterial symbiont of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum that provides protection against the endoparasitoid wasp Aphidius ervi Protection levels vary among strains of H. defensa that are differentially infected by bacteriophages named APSEs. By contrast, little is known about mechanism(s) of resistance owing to the...
Paper Details
Title
Culture of an aphid heritable symbiont demonstrates its direct role in defence against parasitoids
Published Date
Nov 1, 2017
Volume
284
Issue
1866
Pages
20171925 - 20171925
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