Genomic Insight into Symbiosis-Induced Insect Color Change by a Facultative Bacterial Endosymbiont, “<italic toggle="yes">Candidatus</italic> Rickettsiella viridis”

ABSTRACT Members of the genus Rickettsiella are bacterial pathogens of insects and other arthropods. Recently, a novel facultative endosymbiont, “Candidatus Rickettsiella viridis,” was described in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum, whose infection causes a striking host phenotype: red and green gen...

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Main Authors: Naruo Nikoh, Tsutomu Tsuchida, Taro Maeda, Katsushi Yamaguchi, Shuji Shigenobu, Ryuichi Koga, Takema Fukatsu
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/5a8bbbfc5c964629af4fa3aa7658fe48
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