Persistent Infection by Wolbachia wAlbB Has No Effect on Composition of the Gut Microbiota in Adult Female Anopheles stephensi

S Chen, J Zhao, D Joshi, Z Xi, B Norman… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The bacteria in the midgut of Anopheles stephensi adult females from laboratory colonies
were studied by sequencing the V4 region of 16S rRNA genes, with respect to three …

Native microbiome impedes vertical transmission of Wolbachia in Anopheles mosquitoes

GL Hughes, BL Dodson, RM Johnson… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Over evolutionary time, Wolbachia has been repeatedly transferred between host species
contributing to the widespread distribution of the symbiont in arthropods. For novel infections …

The Anopheles coluzzii microbiome and its interaction with the intracellular parasite Wolbachia

TJ Straub, WR Shaw, P Marcenac, SP Sawadogo… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Wolbachia, an endosymbiotic alpha-proteobacterium commonly found in insects, can inhibit
the transmission of human pathogens by mosquitoes. Biocontrol programs are underway …

Native Wolbachia influence bacterial composition in the major vector mosquito Aedes aegypti

S Balaji, KNG Deepthi, SR Prabagaran - Archives of Microbiology, 2021 - Springer
Bacterial species that inhabit mosquito microbiota play an essential role in determining
vector competence. In addition to critical factors such as host genotype, feeding habit and …

Wolbachia Infections Are Virulent and Inhibit the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium Falciparum in Anopheles Gambiae

GL Hughes, R Koga, P Xue, T Fukatsu… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria are potent modulators of pathogen infection and
transmission in multiple naturally and artificially infected insect species, including important …

Limited association between Wolbachia and Plasmodium falciparum infections in natural populations of the major malaria mosquito Anopheles moucheti

T Mouillaud, A Berger, M Buysse… - Evolutionary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since the discovery of natural malaria vector populations infected by the endosymbiont
bacterium Wolbachia, a renewed interest has arisen for using this bacterium as an …

Evidence of natural Wolbachia infections in field populations of Anopheles gambiae

F Baldini, N Segata, J Pompon, P Marcenac… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Wolbachia are maternally transmitted intracellular bacteria that invade insect populations by
manipulating their reproduction and immunity and thus limiting the spread of numerous …

Wolbachia infection alters the relative abundance of resident bacteria in adult Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, but not larvae

MD Audsley, A Seleznev, DA Joubert… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Insect–symbiont interactions are known to play key roles in host functions and fitness. The
common insect endosymbiont Wolbachia can reduce the ability of several human …

The microbiome composition of Aedes aegypti is not critical for Wolbachia-mediated inhibition of dengue virus

MD Audsley, YH Ye, EA McGraw - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Dengue virus (DENV) is primarily vectored by the mosquito Aedes aegypti, and
is estimated to cause 390 million human infections annually. A novel method for DENV …

Wolbachia strain w AlbB confers both fitness costs and benefit on Anopheles stephensi

D Joshi, MJ McFadden, D Bevins, F Zhang, Z Xi - Parasites & vectors, 2014 - Springer
Background Wolbachia is a maternally transmitted intracellular bacterium that is estimated to
infect up to 65% of insect species, but it is not naturally present in Anopheles malaria …