An Earliest Endosymbiont, <i>Wolbachia massiliensis</i> sp. nov., Strain PL13 from the Bed Bug (<i>Cimex hemipterus</i>), Type Strain of a New Supergroup T

The symbiotic <i>Wolbachia</i> are the most sophisticated mutualistic bacterium among all insect-associated microbiota. <i>Wolbachia</i>-insect relationship fluctuates from the simple facultative/parasitic to an obligate nutritional-mutualistic association as it was the case...

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Main Authors: Younes Laidoudi, Anthony Levasseur, Hacène Medkour, Mossaab Maaloum, Mariem Ben Khedher, Masse Sambou, Hubert Bassene, Bernard Davoust, Florence Fenollar, Didier Raoult, Oleg Mediannikov
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/21/8064