Ecology of a novel defensive symbiont of Drosophila: Spiroplasma-mediated protection against parasitic nematodes
Recently, there has been growing awareness that many animals and plants harbour bacterial symbionts that help protect them against natural enemies. The mushroom-breeding fly Drosophila neotestacea is commonly infected with a virulent parasitic nematode, Howardula aoronymphium. Infections are severe,...
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/4954 |