Mutualist-Provisioned Resources Impact Vector Competency

ABSTRACT Many symbionts supplement their host’s diet with essential nutrients. However, whether these nutrients also enhance parasitism is unknown. In this study, we investigated whether folate (vitamin B9) production by the tsetse fly (Glossina spp.) essential mutualist, Wigglesworthia, aids auxotr...

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Main Authors: Rita V. M. Rio, Anna K. S. Jozwick, Amy F. Savage, Afsoon Sabet, Aurelien Vigneron, Yineng Wu, Serap Aksoy, Brian L. Weiss
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e5de72a28a4145f189ab84dbf1c8f85d
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