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A Lethal Fungus Infects the Chinese White Wax Scale Insect and Causes Dramatic Changes in the Host Microbiota

The Chinese white wax scale insect (Ericerus pela) is an economically valuable species with an important role in wax production. Recently, in a greenhouse in Kunming, we identified a genus of fungus that infects and kills E. pela females. This study sought to perform the molecular detection of entom...

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Autores principales: Sun, Tao, Wang, Xue-Qing, Zhao, Zun-Ling, Yu, Shu-Hui, Yang, Pu, Chen, Xiao-Ming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5871785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29593315
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23671-1