Western Flower Thrips, Showing Bacteria in Green (IMAGE)

Swansea University

Western Flower Thrips, Showing Bacteria in Green

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Symbiotic bacteria, here expressing green fluorescent protein, from the gut of the pest insect Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis). This was one of the two species used by researchers at Swansea University for their paper: "Symbiont-mediated RNA interference in insects"

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Dr Miranda Whitten, Swansea University

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