No effect of Wolbachia on resistance to intracellular infection by pathogenic bacteria in Drosophila melanogaster.

Multiple studies have shown that infection with the endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia pipientis confers Drosophila melanogaster and other insects with resistance to infection by RNA viruses. Studies investigating whether Wolbachia infection induces the immune system or confers protection against sec...

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Main Authors: Susan M Rottschaefer, Brian P Lazzaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3394738?pdf=render