Evidence for Common Horizontal Transmission of <i>Wolbachia</i> among Ants and Ant Crickets: Kleptoparasitism Added to the List

Evidence for Common Horizontal Transmission of <i>Wolbachia</i> among Ants and Ant Crickets: Kleptoparasitism Added to the List

While <i>Wolbachia</i>, an intracellular bacterial symbiont, is primarily transmitted maternally in arthropods, horizontal transmission between species has been commonly documented. We examined kleptoparasitism as a potential mechanism for <i>Wolbachia</i> horizontal transmis...

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Main Authors: Shu-Ping Tseng, Po-Wei Hsu, Chih-Chi Lee, James K. Wetterer, Sylvain Hugel, Li-Hsin Wu, Chow-Yang Lee, Tsuyoshi Yoshimura, Chin-Cheng Scotty Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Microorganisms
Subjects:
generalist
horizontal transmission
kleptoparasitism
specialist
<i>Wolbachia</i>
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/6/805

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