Symbiont-Mediated Protection against Fungal Pathogens in Pea Aphids: a Role for Pathogen Specificity?
- 1 April 2013
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 79 (7) , 2455-2458
Abstract
Here we show that a bacterial endosymbiont, Regiella insecticola , protects pea aphids ( Acyrthosiphon pisum ) from the aphid-specific fungal entomopathogen Zoophthora occidentalis but not from the generalist insect fungal pathogen Beauveria bassiana . This finding highlights the complex influence of fungi on the dynamics of this economically important agricultural pest.Keywords
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