Metatranscriptomic Analysis of the Bacterial Symbiont Dactylopiibacterium carminicum from the Carmine Cochineal Dactylopius coccus (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Dactylopiidae)

The scale insect Dactylopius coccus produces high amounts of carminic acid, which has historically been used as a pigment by pre-Hispanic American cultures. Nowadays carmine is found in food, cosmetics, and textiles. Metagenomic approaches revealed that Dactylopius spp. cochineals contain two Wolbac...

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Autores principales: Bustamante-Brito, Rafael, Vera-Ponce de León, Arturo, Rosenblueth, Mónica, Martínez-Romero, Julio César, Martínez-Romero, Esperanza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6463064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30609847
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life9010004

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