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

doi:10.1128/mBio.00359-21

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.

Published in mBio

ISSN: 2161-2129 (Print); 2150-7511 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/mbio

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