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Characterization of the microbiota in the guts of Triatoma brasiliensis and Triatoma pseudomaculata infected by Trypanosoma cruzi in natural conditions using culture independent methods

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Monitoring of the Parasite Load in the Digestive Tract of Rhodnius prolixus by Combined qPCR Analysis and Imaging Techniques Provides New Insights into the Trypanosome Life Cycle

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Genetically Modifying the Insect Gut Microbiota to Control Chagas Disease Vectors through Systemic RNAi

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Genome mining: Prediction of lipopeptides and polyketides from Bacillus and related Firmicutes

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Functional genomics and microbiome profiling of the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) reveal insights into the digestive physiology and nutritional ecology of wood feeding beetles

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ExploringAnophelesgut bacteria forPlasmodiumblocking activity

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(2014) José Rodrigues Coura   MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ

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Molecular phylogeny of Triatomini (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

(2014) Silvia Justi et al.   Parasites & Vectors

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(2014) Cecilia Vieira et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Chromobacterium Csp_P Reduces Malaria and Dengue Infection in Vector Mosquitoes and Has Entomopathogenic and In Vitro Anti-pathogen Activities

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The impact of microbial symbionts on host plant utilization by herbivorous insects

(2013) Allison K. Hansen et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Diversity and function of bacterial microbiota in the mosquito holobiont

(2013) Guillaume Minard et al.   Parasites & Vectors

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Obligate Symbionts Activate Immune System Development in the Tsetse Fly

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Do diet and taxonomy influence insect gut bacterial communities?

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Cultivation-Independent Methods Reveal Differences among Bacterial Gut Microbiota in Triatomine Vectors of Chagas Disease

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(2011) Eloi S Garcia et al.   MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ

Hemocyte Differentiation Mediates Innate Immune Memory in Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes

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Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities

(2009) P. D. Schloss et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Actinobacteria as mutualists: general healthcare for insects?

(2009) Martin Kaltenpoth   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Genetic transformation of a Corynebacterial symbiont from the Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans

(2008) Ravi V. Durvasula et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY