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Descriptor English: Wigglesworthia
Descriptor Spanish: Wigglesworthia
Descriptor Wigglesworthia
Scope note: Género de bacterias gramnegativas, con aspecto bacilar, de la familia ENTEROBACTERIACEAE. Existen únicamente como endosimbiontes primarios de cinco especies de MOSCAS TSE-TSE, localizándose en orgánulos especiales denominados micetomas. Las bacterias proporcionan vitaminas B cruciales (COMPLEJO VITAMÍNICO B) para la fertilidad de las moscas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Wigglesworthia
Descriptor French: Wigglesworthia
Entry term(s): Wigglesworthia glossinidia
Tree number(s): B03.440.450.425.887
B03.660.250.150.880
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D044106
Scope note: A genus of gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria in the family ENTEROBACTERIACEAE. They exist only as primary endosymbionts of five species of TSETSE FLIES, found in specialized organelles called mycetomes. The bacteria supply crucial B vitamins (VITAMIN B COMPLEX) which the flies require for fertility.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
PH physiologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie
DeCS ID: 37932
Unique ID: D044106
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Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2013/07/09
Wigglesworthia - Preferred
Concept UI M0444341
Preferred term Wigglesworthia
Wigglesworthia glossinidia - Narrower
Concept UI M0444342
Preferred term Wigglesworthia glossinidia



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