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The earthworm—Verminephrobacter symbiosis: an emerging experimental system to study extracellular symbiosis
Almost all Lumbricid earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) harbor extracellular species-specific bacterial symbionts of the genus Verminephrobacter (Betaproteobacteria) in their nephridia. The symbionts have a beneficial effect on host reproduction and likely live on their host's waste products...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3975124/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24734029 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00128 |