Genetic Modification of
<i>Sodalis</i>
Species by DNA Transduction

Chelsea M. Keller; Christopher G. Kendra; Roberto E. Bruna; David Craft; Mauricio H. Pontes

doi:10.1128/mSphere.01331-20

mSphere (Feb 2021)

Genetic Modification of <i>Sodalis</i> Species by DNA Transduction

Chelsea M. Keller,
Christopher G. Kendra,
Roberto E. Bruna,
David Craft,
Mauricio H. Pontes

Affiliations

Chelsea M. Keller: ORCiD; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Christopher G. Kendra: ORCiD; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Roberto E. Bruna: ORCiD; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
David Craft: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Mauricio H. Pontes: ORCiD; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.01331-20
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1

Abstract

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A large number of economically important insects maintain intimate associations with maternally inherited endosymbiotic bacteria. Due to the inherent nature of these associations, insect endosymbionts cannot be usually isolated in pure culture or genetically manipulated.

Published in mSphere

ISSN: 2379-5042 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/msphere

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