Maeda, Taro


Publications
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Genomic Insight into Symbiosis-Induced Insect Color Change by a Facultative Bacterial Endosymbiont, “ Candidatus Rickettsiella viridis”

Citation
Nikoh et al. (2018). mBio 9 (3)
Names
Ca. Rickettsiella viridis
Abstract
ABSTRACT Members of the genus Rickettsiella are bacterial pathogens of insects and other arthropods. Recently, a novel facultative endosymbiont, “ Candidatus Rickettsiella viridis,” was described in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum , whose infection causes a striking host phenotype: red and green genetic color morphs exist in aphid populations, and upon infection with the symbiont, red aphids become g