Spiroplasma infection in Harmonia axyridis - Diversity and multiple infection.

Spiroplasma infection in Harmonia axyridis - Diversity and multiple infection.

The heritable endosymbiotic bacterium Spiroplasma is found in the harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis. The proportion of beetles infected with Spiroplasma in different native H. axyridis populations varies from 2% to 49%. We investigated the polymorphism of Spiroplasma strains in samples from indiv...

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Main Authors: Irina Goryacheva, Alla Blekhman, Boris Andrianov, Denis Romanov, Ilya Zakharov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5973594?pdf=render

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