Development of a multi-locus sequence typing system helps reveal the evolution of Cardinium hertigii, a reproductive manipulator symbiont of insects

Abstract Background Cardinium is an intracellular bacterial symbiont in the phylum Bacteroidetes that is found in many different species of arthropods and some nematodes. This symbiont is known to be able to induce three reproductive manipulation phenotypes, including cytoplasmic incompatibility. Pl...

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Main Authors: Corinne M. Stouthamer, Suzanne E. Kelly, Evelyne Mann, Stephan Schmitz-Esser, Martha S. Hunter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-019-1638-9