TY - CHAP
T1 - Capsule-transmitted obligate gut bacterium of plataspid stinkbugs
T2 - A novel model system for insect symbiosis studies
AU - Fukatsu, Takema
AU - Hosokawa, Takahiro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2009 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2008/1/1
Y1 - 2008/1/1
N2 - Symbiotic microorganisms are universally found in the gut, body cavity, or cells of a wide variety of insects. Some obligate symbionts are of a mutualistic nature and contribute to the fitness of their hosts, whereas other facultative symbionts are rather parasitic and tend to cause negative effects on their hosts (Bourtzis and Miller, 2003, 2006).
AB - Symbiotic microorganisms are universally found in the gut, body cavity, or cells of a wide variety of insects. Some obligate symbionts are of a mutualistic nature and contribute to the fitness of their hosts, whereas other facultative symbionts are rather parasitic and tend to cause negative effects on their hosts (Bourtzis and Miller, 2003, 2006).
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U2 - 10.1201/9781420064117
DO - 10.1201/9781420064117
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84866175375
SN - 9781420064100
VL - 3
SP - 95
EP - 122
BT - Insect Symbiosis
PB - CRC Press
ER -