Molecular identification of the secondary endosymbiont Hamiltonella defensa in the rose-grain aphid Metopolophium dirhodum Identificación molecular del endosimbionte secundario Hamiltonella defensa en el pulgón amarillo de los cereales, Metopolophium dirhodum
This is the first report of the association between the rose-grain aphid Metopolophium dirhodum, a potentially important cereal pest and the facultative symbiont Hamiltonella defensa. The infection with this gamma-proteobacterium was determined by PCR in laboratory-reared and field-collected specime...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier España
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Revista Argentina de Microbiología |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0325-75412012000400003 |