The whitefly Bemisia tabaci is a destructive agricultural pest that frequently harbors various
species of secondary symbionts including Rickettsia. Previous studies have revealed that …

Simple Summary Rickettsia is a maternally transmitted endosymbiotic bacterium that infects
most insect species. In the current study, we investigated the biological and physiological …

Bacterial endosymbionts play important roles in the life histories of herbivorous insects by
impacting their development, survival, reproduction, and stress tolerance. How …

Facultative endosymbionts can benefit insect hosts in a variety of ways, including context-
dependent roles, such as providing defense against pathogens. The role of some symbionts …

Objectives: To detect the infection of Bemisia tabaci by Rickettsia, and the distribution and
dissemination of Rickettsia after its transmission to cowpea leaves through whitefly feeding …

Rickettsia consists of some of the most prevalent symbionts of insects and often plays a
significant role in the biology of its hosts. Recently, a maternally inherited Torix group …

Maintaining an adaptive seasonality is a basic ecological requisite for cold-blooded
organism insects which usually harbor various symbionts. However, how coexisting …

Abstract Whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is a destructive insect pest of
many crops. Rickettsia infection in different cryptic species of B. tabaci has been observed …

BACKGROUND: The presence of certain symbiotic microorganisms may be associated with
insecticide resistance in insects. The authors compared the susceptibility of two isofemale …

A growing number of studies have revealed the presence of closely related endosymbionts
in phylogenetically distant arthropods, indicating horizontal transmission of these bacteria …