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Perlmutter, J.I., Bordenstein, S.R. (2018). Microbial Misandry: Discovery of a Spiroplasma Male-Killing Toxin.  Cell Host Microbe 23(6): 689--690.
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FBrf0250633
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Abstract
Bacteria-induced male killing evolved to enhance maternal transmission of the bacteria. Despite significance to arthropod evolution and vector control potential, the genetic basis behind this selfish microbial trait has remained mysterious. In recent work, Harumoto and Lemaitre (2018) describe a Spiroplasma poulsonii male-killing toxin sought for over half a century.
PubMed ID
29902429
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DOI
10.1016/j.chom.2018.05.011
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Male-killing toxin in a bacterial symbiont of Drosophila.
Harumoto and Lemaitre, 2018, Nature 557(7704): 252--255 [FBrf0239002]

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    Language of Publication
    English
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    Publication Type
    Journal
    Abbreviation
    Cell Host Microbe
    Title
    Cell Host & Microbe
    Publication Year
    2007--
    ISBN/ISSN
    1931-3128 1934-6069
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