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Effects of Wolbachia elimination and B-vitamin supplementation on bed bug development and reproduction
Obligate blood feeders, such as Cimex lectularius (common bed bug), have symbiotic associations with nutritional endosymbionts that produce B-vitamins. To quantify the symbiont’s contribution to host fitness in these obligate mutualisms, the symbiont must be eliminated and its absence rigorously con...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9205976/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35715692 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14505-2 |