Taxonomy of lice and their endosymbiotic bacteria in the post-genomic era B.M. Boyd, D.L. Reed Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 18, Issue 4, Pages 324-331 (April 2012) DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03782.x Copyright © 2012 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions
FIG. 1 Comparison of the relationship of phthirpateran families. (a) Traditional classification based on morphological data. (b) Classification based on recent molecular studies. Summarized from Yoskizawa and Johnson [5]. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2012 18, 324-331DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03782.x) Copyright © 2012 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions
FIG. 2 Human head louse nymph, showing the white, circular mycetome in the abdomen where primary endosymbionts are housed. Photo credit: J. M. Allen. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2012 18, 324-331DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03782.x) Copyright © 2012 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions