Impacts of Antibiotic and Bacteriophage Treatments on the Gut-Symbiont-Associated Blissus insularis (Hemiptera: Blissidae)

The Southern chinch bug, Blissus insularis, possesses specialized midgut crypts that harbor dense populations of the exocellular symbiont Burkholderia. Oral administration of antibiotics suppressed the gut symbionts in B. insularis and negatively impacted insect host fitness, as reflected by retarde...

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Autores principales: Xu, Yao, Buss, Eileen A., Boucias, Drion G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5198209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27827869
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects7040061

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5198209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27827869
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects7040061

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