Bacteria of the genus Asaia stably associate with Anopheles stephensi, an Asian malarial mosquito vector.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on May 14, 2007

Authors

Guido Favia1, Irene Ricci, Claudia Damiani, Noura Raddadi, Elena Crotti, Massimo Marzorati, Aurora Rizzi, Roberta Urso, Lorenzo Brusetti, Sara Borin, Diego Mora, Patrizia Scuppa, Luciano Pasqualini, Emanuela Clementi, Marco Genchi, Silvia Corona, Ilaria Negri, Giulio Grandi, Alberto Alma, Laura Kramer, Fulvio Esposito, Claudio Bandi, Luciano Sacchi, Daniele Daffonchio

Author Affiliations

1: Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Camerino, 62032 Camerino, Italy. guido.favia@unicam.it

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