Symbiosis: Wolbachia's matchmaking secret revealed

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 194 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.25

Author: Ursula Hofer
Two new studies identify the basis of cytoplasmic incompatibility, a process by which obligate intracellular Wolbachia bacteria favour their inheritance in their female insect hosts.

Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - March 12, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Ursula Hofer Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research