Differential temporal changes of primary and secondary bacterial symbionts and whitefly host fitness following antibiotic treatments
Where multiple symbionts coexist in the same host, the selective elimination of a specific symbiont may enable the roles of a given symbiont to be investigated. We treated the Mediterranean species of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci complex by oral delivery of the antibiotic rifampicin, and then examine...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4625128/ |