Bemisia tabaci has long been considered a complex species. It rose to global prominence in
the 1980s owing to the global invasion by the commonly named B biotype. Since then, the …

Psyllids, whiteflies, aphids, and mealybugs are members of the suborder Sternorrhyncha
and share a common property, namely the utilization of plant sap as their food source. Each …

Bemisia tabaci is one of the most threatening pests in agriculture, causing significant losses
to many important crops on a global scale. The dramatic increase and availability of …

Aphids engage in symbiotic associations with a diverse assemblage of heritable bacteria. In
addition to their obligate nutrient-provisioning symbiont, Buchnera aphidicola, aphids may …

Symbiotic microbes have become increasingly recognized to mediate interactions between
natural enemies and their hosts. The ecologies of these symbioses, however, are poorly …

Maternally inherited bacterial symbionts of arthropods are common, yet symbiont invasions
of host populations have rarely been observed. Here, we show that Rickettsia sp. nr. bellii …

Abstract 'Candidatus Cardinium', a recently described bacterium from the Bacteroidetes
group, is involved in diverse reproduction alterations of its arthropod hosts, including …

Ecological studies on three bacterial lineages symbiotic in aphids have shown that they
impose a variety of effects on their hosts, including resistance to parasitoids and tolerance to …

ABSTRACT Whiteflies (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) are sap-sucking insects that harbor
“Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum,” an obligatory symbiotic bacterium which is housed in …

Many intracellular micro–organisms are now known to cause reproductive abnormalities
and other phenomena in their hosts. The endosymbiont Wolbachia is the best known of …