Iron necessity: the secret of Wolbachia's success?

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Alessandra Christina Gill (Author), Alistair C Darby (Author), Benjamin L Makepeace (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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The bacterium Wolbachia (order Rickettsiales) is probably the world's most successful vertically-transmitted symbiont, distributed among a staggering 40% of terrestrial arthropod species. Wolbachia has great potential in vector control due to its ability to manipulate its hosts' reproducti...