Spiroplasma poulsonii

Spiroplasma poulsonii
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Mycoplasmatota
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Mycoplasmatales
Family: Mycoplasmataceae
Genus: Spiroplasma
Species:
S. poulsonii
Binomial name
Spiroplasma poulsonii
Williamson et al. 1999

Spiroplasma poulsonii are bacteria of the genus Spiroplasma that are commonly endosymbionts of flies.[1] These bacteria live in the hemolymph (insect blood) of the flies, where they can act as reproductive manipulators or defensive symbionts.

  1. ^ Williamson, D.L. et al, Spiroplasma poulsonii sp. nov., a new species associated with male-lethality in Drosophila willistoni, a neotropical species of fruit fly (1999) https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-2-611
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