The most widespread intracellular bacteria in the animal kingdom are maternally inherited
endosymbionts of the genus Wolbachia. Their prevalence in arthropods and nematodes …

Animal hosts have initiated myriad symbiotic associations with microorganisms and often
have maintained these symbioses for millions of years, spanning drastic changes in …

Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is the most common symbiont-induced reproductive
manipulation. Specifically, symbiont-induced sperm modifications cause catastrophic mitotic …

The Darwin Tree of Life (DToL) project aims to sequence all described terrestrial and
aquatic eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland. Reference genome sequences are …

Wolbachia, a widespread bacterium that can reduce pathogen transmission in mosquitoes,
has recently been reported to be present in Anopheles (An.) species. In wild populations of …

Wolbachia bacteria, inherited through the female germ line, infect a large fraction of
arthropod species. Many Wolbachia strains manipulate host reproduction, most commonly …

Wolbachia are the most common obligate, intracellular bacteria in animals. They exist
worldwide in arthropod and nematode hosts in which they commonly act as reproductive …

The endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia can invade insect populations by modifying host
reproduction through cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), an effect that results in embryonic …

Animals interact with microbes that affect their performance and fitness, including
endosymbionts that reside inside their cells. Maternally transmitted Wolbachia bacteria are …

Wolbachia are the most successful intracellular bacteria in arthropods. They can manipulate
host reproduction to favour infected females, which transmit Wolbachia to their progeny and …