Insect endosymbiont proliferation is limited by lipid availability

Spiroplasma poulsonii is a maternally transmitted bacterial endosymbiont that is naturally associated with Drosophila melanogaster. S. poulsonii resides extracellularly in the hemolymph, where it must acquire metabolites to sustain proliferation. In this study, we find that Spiroplasma proliferation...

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Main Authors: Herren, Jeremy K, Paredes, Juan C, Schüpfer, Fanny, Arafah, Karim, Bulet, Philippe, Lemaitre, Bruno
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2014
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Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4123717/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25027439
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02964
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