Variation and diversification of the microbiome of Schlechtendalia chinensis on two alternate host plants.

Schlechtendalia chinensis, a gall-inducing aphid, has two host plants in its life cycle. Its wintering host is a moss (typically Plagiomnium maximoviczii) and its main host is Rhus chinensis (Sumac), on which it forms galls during the summer. This study investigated bacteria associated with S. chine...

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Main Authors: Hai-Xia Wu, Xiaoming Chen, Hang Chen, Qin Lu, Zixiang Yang, Weibin Ren, Juan Liu, Shuxia Shao, Chao Wang, Kirst King-Jones, Ming-Shun Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6224032?pdf=render