mBio
(Apr 2021)
Vertical Transmission at the Pathogen-Symbiont Interface: Serratia symbiotica and Aphids
Julie Perreau,
Devki J. Patel,
Hanna Anderson,
Gerald P. Maeda,
Katherine M. Elston,
Jeffrey E. Barrick,
Nancy A. Moran
Affiliations
Julie Perreau
ORCiD Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Devki J. Patel
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Hanna Anderson
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Gerald P. Maeda
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Katherine M. Elston
Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Jeffrey E. Barrick
ORCiD Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Nancy A. Moran
ORCiD Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00359-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12,
no. 2
Abstract
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Insects have evolved various mechanisms to reliably transmit their beneficial bacterial symbionts to the next generation. Sap-sucking insects, including aphids, transmit symbionts by endocytosis of the symbiont into cells of the early embryo within the mother’s body.
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