Wolbachia are successful Gram-negative bacterial endosymbionts, globally infecting a large
fraction of arthropod species and filarial nematodes. Efficient vertical transmission, the …

▪ Abstract Wolbachia are a common and widespread group of bacteria found in reproductive
tissues of arthropods. These bacteria are transmitted through the cytoplasm of eggs and …

Progress has been made in developing the maternally inherited endosymbiotic bacterium
Wolbachia as a tool for protecting humans from mosquito-borne diseases. In contrast …

Since the end of the Civil Rights Movement, large numbers of black people have made their
way into settings previously occupied only by whites, though their reception has been mixed …

▪ Abstract The α-proteobacterium Wolbachia pipientis is a very common cytoplasmic
symbiont of insects, crustaceans, mites, and filarial nematodes. To enhance its transmission …

Mosquito species, members of the genera Aedes, Anopheles and Culex, are the major
vectors of human pathogens including protozoa (Plasmodium sp.), filariae and of a variety of …

Natural populations of pea aphids in California contain at least two facultative bacterial
secondary symbionts (pea aphid secondary symbiont, PASS, or pea aphid rickettsia, PAR) …

The complete sequence of the 1,267,782 bp genome of Wolbachia pipientis w Mel, an
obligate intracellular bacteria of Drosophila melanogaster, has been determined …

Wolbachia, a maternally transmitted microorganism of the Rickettsial family, is known to
cause cytoplasmic incompatibility, parthenogenesis, or feminization in various insect …

Wolbachia are intracellular bacterial symbionts that are able to protect various insect hosts
from viral infections. This tripartite interaction was initially described in Drosophila …