Wolbachia facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Wolbachia |
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| Transmission electron micrograph of Wolbachia within an insect cell | |
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Alphaproteobacteria
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Rickettsiales
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Rickettsiaceae
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Wolbachia
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Wolbachia is a genus of bacteria which infects arthropod species, including a high proportion of insects. It is one of the world's most common parasitic microbes and is possibly the most common reproductive parasite in the biosphere.
Images for kids
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Indonesian research minister Mohamad Nasir during a visit to a Wolbachia mosquito lab of the Eliminate Dengue Project.
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Adi Utarini, research lead of the Wolbachia trial in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
See also
In Spanish: Wolbachia para niños
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