Horizontal transmission of the symbiotic bacterium <it>Asaia</it> sp. in the leafhopper <it>Scaphoideus titanus</it> Ball (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Bacteria of the genus <it>Asaia</it> have been recently recognized as secondary symbionts of different sugar-feeding insects, including the leafhopper <it>Scaphoideus titanus</it>, vector of Flavescence dorée...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-01-01
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Series: | BMC Microbiology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/12/S1/S4 |