Insect endosymbiont proliferation is limited by lipid availability
Spiroplasma poulsonii is a maternally transmitted bacterial endosymbiont that is naturally associated with Drosophila melanogaster. S. poulsonii resides extracellularly in the hemolymph, where it must acquire metabolites to sustain proliferation. In this study, we find that Spiroplasma proliferation...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2014-07-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/02964 |