Antibiotic treatment leads to the elimination of <it>Wolbachia </it>endosymbionts and sterility in the diplodiploid collembolan <it>Folsomia candida</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Wolbachia </it>is an extremely widespread bacterial endosymbiont of arthropods and nematodes that causes a variety of reproductive peculiarities. Parthenogenesis is one such peculiarity but it has been hypothesised th...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-08-01
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| Series: | BMC Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/7/54 |