Evidence for Common Horizontal Transmission of <i>Wolbachia</i> among Ants and Ant Crickets: Kleptoparasitism Added to the List

While <i>Wolbachia</i>, an intracellular bacterial symbiont, is primarily transmitted maternally in arthropods, horizontal transmission between species has been commonly documented. We examined kleptoparasitism as a potential mechanism for <i>Wolbachia</i> horizontal transmission, using ant crickets...

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Hauptverfasser:	Shu-Ping Tseng, Po-Wei Hsu, Chih-Chi Lee, James K. Wetterer, Sylvain Hugel, Li-Hsin Wu, Chow-Yang Lee, Tsuyoshi Yoshimura, Chin-Cheng Scotty Yang
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Schriftenreihe:	Microorganisms
Schlagworte:	generalist horizontal transmission kleptoparasitism specialist <i>Wolbachia</i>
Online-Zugang:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/6/805
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