Investigating endosymbionts of scale insects from the family Diaspididae
Armored scale insects have long been known to harbor endosymbionts, but until recently the endosymbionts have remained unidentified. Using DNA data I have identified the primary endosymbiont as a bacterium from the phylum Bacteriodetes. To accomplish this, I amplified DNA sequences from two genes of...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2008
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3329954 |