Several insect lineages have evolved mutualistic associations with their symbiotic bacteria. This is the case of some members of Tephritinae, the most specialized subfamily of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), harboring co-evolved and vertically transmitted bacterial symbionts in their midgut, known as ‘Candidatus Stammerula spp.’. In the tephritid fly Bactrocera oleae, the major olive pest, symbionts are located in the oesophageal bulb, a diverticulum of the fly head, and designated as ‘Candidatus Erwinia dacicola’. This research, based on two main studies, is focused on different aspects of the relationships between species of the family Tephritidae and their nonculturable symbiotic bacteria. The first study investigated the presenc...
The presence of symbiotic bacteria in flies belonging to the subfamily Tephritinae, which predominan...
The olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae is a major pest of olives worldwide and houses a specialized gu...
Background: The Tephritidae family of insects includes the most important agricultural pests of frui...
Several insect lineages have evolved mutualistic associations with their symbiotic bacteria. This is...
The Tephritidae family, commonly known as “fruit flies”, is a large Dipteran family. It includes man...
A close association between the olive fly Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Diptera: Tephritidae) and bacter...
The olive fruit fly, specialized to become monophagous during several life stages, remains the most ...
Several insect lineages have evolved mutualistic association with symbiotic bacteria. This is the ca...
Several insect lineages have evolved mutualistic association with symbiotic bacteria. This is the ca...
The olive fly, Bactrocera oleae, is the major pest of olives in most commercial olive-growing region...
The presence of a hereditary symbiosis in Bactrocera oleae was described by Petri (1909), which high...
The taxonomic identity of the hereditary prokaryotic symbiont of the olive fly Bactrocera oleae (Dip...
Several insect lineages have evolved mutualistic association with symbiotic bacteria. This is the ca...
The olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae is a major pest of olives worldwide and houses a specialized gu...
The taxonomic identity of the hereditary prokaryotic symbiont of the olive fly Bactrocera oleae (Dip...
The presence of symbiotic bacteria in flies belonging to the subfamily Tephritinae, which predominan...
The olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae is a major pest of olives worldwide and houses a specialized gu...
Background: The Tephritidae family of insects includes the most important agricultural pests of frui...
Several insect lineages have evolved mutualistic associations with their symbiotic bacteria. This is...
The Tephritidae family, commonly known as “fruit flies”, is a large Dipteran family. It includes man...
A close association between the olive fly Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Diptera: Tephritidae) and bacter...
The olive fruit fly, specialized to become monophagous during several life stages, remains the most ...
Several insect lineages have evolved mutualistic association with symbiotic bacteria. This is the ca...
Several insect lineages have evolved mutualistic association with symbiotic bacteria. This is the ca...
The olive fly, Bactrocera oleae, is the major pest of olives in most commercial olive-growing region...
The presence of a hereditary symbiosis in Bactrocera oleae was described by Petri (1909), which high...
The taxonomic identity of the hereditary prokaryotic symbiont of the olive fly Bactrocera oleae (Dip...
Several insect lineages have evolved mutualistic association with symbiotic bacteria. This is the ca...
The olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae is a major pest of olives worldwide and houses a specialized gu...
The taxonomic identity of the hereditary prokaryotic symbiont of the olive fly Bactrocera oleae (Dip...
The presence of symbiotic bacteria in flies belonging to the subfamily Tephritinae, which predominan...
The olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae is a major pest of olives worldwide and houses a specialized gu...
Background: The Tephritidae family of insects includes the most important agricultural pests of frui...