Reduced Diversity in the Bacteriome of the Phytophagous Mite Brevipalpus yothersi (Acari: Tenuipalpidae)
Tenuipalpidae comprises mites that transmit viruses to agriculturally important plants. Several tenuipalpid species present parthenogenesis, and in Brevipalpus yothersi, the endosymbiont Cardinium has been associated with female-only colonies. It is unclear what the bacterial composition of B. yothe...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Insects |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/7/4/80 |