MicrobiologymBioPeer-reviewed
Intracellular defensive symbiont is culturable and capable of transovarial, vertical transmission
Gerald P. Maeda, Mary Katherine Kelly, Aadhunik Sundar, Nancy A. Moran
This paper reports the successful axenic culture of Candidatus Fukatsuia symbiotica, a heritable endosymbiont of the pea aphid, and demonstrates its ability to transmit vertically and confer antifungal protection.
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