A plant pathogenic bacterium exploits the tricarboxylic acid cycle metabolic pathway of its insect vector
Huanglongbing in citrus is caused by a phloem-limited, uncultivable, gram-negative α-proteobacterium, Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas). CLas is transmitted by the phloem-sucking insect, Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae), in a persistent, circulative, and propagative manner. In this stud...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Virulence |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2017.1339008 |