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Insect endosymbiont proliferation is limited by lipid availability

Spiroplasma poulsonii is a maternally transmitted bacterial endosymbiont that is naturally associated with Drosophila melanogaster. S. poulsonii resides extracellularly in the hemolymph, where it must acquire metabolites to sustain proliferation. In this study, we find that Spiroplasma proliferation...

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Autores principales: Herren, Jeremy K, Paredes, Juan C, Schüpfer, Fanny, Arafah, Karim, Bulet, Philippe, Lemaitre, Bruno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4123717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25027439
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02964