Host gene response to endosymbiont and pathogen in the cereal weevil <it>Sitophilus oryzae</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Insects thriving on nutritionally poor habitats have integrated mutualistic intracellular symbiotic bacteria (endosymbionts) in a bacteria-bearing tissue (the bacteriome) that isolates the endosymbionts and protects them against a ho...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Microbiology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/12/S1/S14 |