Horizontal Transmission of Intracellular Insect Symbionts via Plants

Experimental evidence is accumulating that endosymbionts of phytophagous insects may transmit horizontally via plants. Intracellular symbionts known for manipulating insect reproduction and altering fitness (Rickettsia, Cardinium, Wolbachia, and bacterial parasite of the leafhopper Euscelidius varie...

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Main Authors: Ewa Chrostek, Kirsten Pelz-Stelinski, Gregory D. D. Hurst, Grant L. Hughes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02237/full