The diversity of reproductive parasites among arthropods: Wolbachiado not walk alone
Open Access
- 24 June 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Biology
- Vol. 6 (1), 27
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-6-27
Abstract
Inherited bacteria have come to be recognised as important components of arthropod biology. In addition to mutualistic symbioses, a range of other inherited bacteria are known to act either as reproductive parasites or as secondary symbionts. Whilst the incidence of the α-proteobacterium Wolbachia is relatively well established, the current knowledge of other inherited bacteria is much weaker. Here, we tested 136 arthropod species for a range of inherited bacteria known to demonstrate reproductive parasitism, sampling each species more intensively than in past surveys.Keywords
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