Breakdown of coevolution between symbiotic bacteria Wolbachia and their filarial hosts

Wolbachia is an alpha-proteobacterial symbiont widely distributed in arthropods. Since the identification of Wolbachia in certain animal-parasitic nematodes (the Onchocercidae or filariae), the relationship between arthropod and nematode Wolbachia has attracted great interest. The obligate symbiosis...

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Main Authors: Emilie Lefoulon, Odile Bain, Benjamin L. Makepeace, Cyrille d’Haese, Shigehiko Uni, Coralie Martin, Laurent Gavotte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-03-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1840.pdf