A Review on the Genus Paramacrobiotus (Tardigrada) with a New Diagnostic Key

P Kayastha, M Mioduchowska, J Warguła… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Paramacrobiotus species have been described in almost every corner of the world. To date,
45 species have been reported from this genus. Among which, 13 belong to the areolatus …

Pinpointing the microbiota of tardigrades: what is really there?

B Surmacz, D Stec, M Prus‐Frankowska… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Microbiota are considered significant in the biology of tardigrades, yet their diversity and
distribution remain largely unexplored. This is partly due to the methodological challenges …

Host identity is the dominant factor in the assembly of nematode and tardigrade gut microbiomes in Antarctic Dry Valley streams

JP McQueen, K Gattoni, EMS Gendron, SK Schmidt… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Recent work examining nematode and tardigrade gut microbiomes has identified species-
specific relationships between host and gut community composition. However, only a …

Playing Peekaboo with a Master Manipulator: Metagenetic Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Wolbachia Supergroups in Freshwater Invertebrates

M Mioduchowska, E Konecka, B Gołdyn… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The infamous “master manipulators”—intracellular bacteria of the genus Wolbachia—infect
a broad range of phylogenetically diverse invertebrate hosts in terrestrial ecosystems …

Morphological and genetic variability in cosmopolitan tardigrade species—Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi Schill, Förster, Dandekar & Wolf, 2010

P Kayastha, W Szydło, M Mioduchowska… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Paramacrobiotus fairbanksi was described from Alaska (USA) based on integrative
taxonomy and later reported from various geographical localities making it a true …

Tardigrade community microbiomes in North American orchards include putative endosymbionts and plant pathogens

LE Tibbs-Cortes, BW Tibbs-Cortes… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The microbiome of tardigrades, a phylum of microscopic animals best known for their ability
to survive extreme conditions, is poorly studied worldwide and completely unknown in North …

External and internal microbiomes of Antarctic nematodes are distinct, but more similar to each other than the surrounding environment

JP McQueen, K Gattoni, EMS Gendron… - Journal of …, 2023 - sciendo.com
Host-associated microbiomes have primarily been examined in the context of their internal
microbial communities, but many animal species also contain microorganisms on external …

Fifty shades of bacterial endosymbionts and some of them still remain a mystery: Wolbachia and Cardinium in oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida)

E Konecka - Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 2022 - Elsevier
Wolbachia is the most abundant intracellular symbiont among terrestrial Arthropoda. This
bacterium together with other microorganisms, ie, Cardinium, gained fame mainly as the …

[HTML][HTML] Tardigrades in the marine plastisphere: New hitchhikers surfing plastics

AL Lacerda, J Frias, ML Pedrotti - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
Tardigrades are remarkable microorganisms known for their extraordinary resilience in
diverse environments, including extreme conditions such as outer space. They are known …

Incidence of endosymbiont bacteria Wolbachia in cowpea weevil Callosobruchus maculatus Fabricius (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)

B Rasool, T Younis, S Zafar, A Parvaiz, Z Javed… - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
This study focuses on the cowpea weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus, a globally distributed
grain pest that affects cereals and pulses. Using chemicals to store grains can harm pest …