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Insect-microbe mutualism without vertical transmission: The symbiosis between the bean bug Riptortus clavatus (Hemiptera: Alydidae) and their Burkholderia symbiont

Yoshitomo Kikuchi, yoshitomo.kikuchi@uconn.edu1, Takahiro Hosokawa2, and Takema Fukatsu2. (1) University of Connecticut, Molecular and Cell Biology, 91 N Eagleville, Storrs, CT, (2) Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Biological Resouces and Functions, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan



Species 1: Hemiptera Alydidae Riptortus clavatus (Bean bug)

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