%0 Journal Article
%T The Immune Cellular Effectors of Terrestrial Isopod Armadillidium vulgare: Meeting with Their Invaders, Wolbachia
%A Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Chevalier
%A Juline Herbini¨¨re-Gaboreau
%A Joanne Bertaux
%A Maryline Raimond
%A Franck Morel
%A Didier Bouchon
%A Pierre Gr¨¨ve
%A Christine Braquart-Varnier
%J PLOS ONE
%D 2012
%I Public Library of Science (PLoS)
%R 10.1371/journal.pone.0018531
%X Most of crustacean immune responses are well described for the aquatic forms whereas almost nothing is known for the isopods that evolved a terrestrial lifestyle. The latter are also infected at a high prevalence with Wolbachia, an endosymbiotic bacterium which affects the host immune system, possibly to improve its transmission. In contrast with insect models, the isopod Armadillidium vulgare is known to harbor Wolbachia inside the haemocytes.
%U http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0018531