Breakdown of coevolution between symbiotic bacteria Wolbachia and their filarial hosts
Wolbachia is an alpha-proteobacterial symbiont widely distributed in arthropods. Since the identification of Wolbachia in certain animal-parasitic nematodes (the Onchocercidae or filariae), the relationship between arthropod and nematode Wolbachia has attracted great interest. The obligate symbiosis...
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| Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2016-03-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/1840.pdf |