Wolbachia: endosymbiont of onchocercid nematodes and their vectors

Abstract Background Wolbachia is an obligate intracellular maternally transmitted, gram-negative bacterium which forms a spectrum of endosymbiotic relationships from parasitism to obligatory mutualism in a wide range of arthropods and onchocercid nematodes, respectively. In arthropods Wolbachia prod...

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Main Authors: Ranju Ravindran Santhakumari Manoj, Maria Stefania Latrofa, Sara Epis, Domenico Otranto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04742-1