[PDF][PDF] Living in the endosymbiotic world of Wolbachia: a centennial review

R Kaur, JD Shropshire, KL Cross, B Leigh… - Cell host & …, 2021 - cell.com
The most widespread intracellular bacteria in the animal kingdom are maternally inherited
endosymbionts of the genus Wolbachia. Their prevalence in arthropods and nematodes …

Harnessing mosquito–Wolbachia symbiosis for vector and disease control

K Bourtzis, SL Dobson, Z Xi, JL Rasgon, M Calvitti… - Acta tropica, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of natural Wolbachia infections in field populations of Anopheles gambiae

F Baldini, N Segata, J Pompon, P Marcenac… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Wolbachia are maternally transmitted intracellular bacteria that invade insect populations by
manipulating their reproduction and immunity and thus limiting the spread of numerous …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative Genomics of Wolbachia and the Bacterial Species Concept

KM Ellegaard, L Klasson, K Näslund, K Bourtzis… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The importance of host-specialization to speciation processes in obligate host-associated
bacteria is well known, as is also the ability of recombination to generate cohesion in …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence for common horizontal transmission of Wolbachia among butterflies and moths

MZ Ahmed, JW Breinholt, AY Kawahara - BMC evolutionary biology, 2016 - Springer
Background Wolbachia is one of the most widespread bacteria on Earth. Previous research
on Wolbachia-host interactions indicates that the bacterium is typically transferred vertically …

Wolbachia Acquisition by Drosophila yakuba-Clade Hosts and Transfer of Incompatibility Loci Between Distantly Related Wolbachia

BS Cooper, D Vanderpool, WR Conner, DR Matute… - Genetics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Maternally transmitted Wolbachia infect about half of insect species, yet the predominant
mode (s) of Wolbachia acquisition remains uncertain. Species-specific associations could …

Loss of cytoplasmic incompatibility and minimal fecundity effects explain relatively low Wolbachia frequencies in Drosophila mauritiana

MK Meany, WR Conner, SV Richter, JA Bailey… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Maternally transmitted Wolbachia bacteria infect about half of all insect species. Many
Wolbachia cause cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) and reduced egg hatch when uninfected …

Wolbachia: can we save lives with a great pandemic?

D LePage, SR Bordenstein - Trends in parasitology, 2013 - cell.com
Wolbachia pipientis is the most common bacterial infection in the animal world and wields a
vast influence on invertebrate reproduction, sex determination, speciation, and behavior …

[HTML][HTML] Survey of Endosymbionts in the Diaphorina citri Metagenome and Assembly of a Wolbachia wDi Draft Genome

S Saha, WB Hunter, J Reese, JK Morgan… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), the Asian citrus psyllid, is the insect vector of Ca.
Liberibacter asiaticus, the causal agent of citrus greening disease. Sequencing of the D. citri …

Complete Genome Sequence of the Wolbachia wAlbB Endosymbiont of Aedes albopictus

A Sinha, Z Li, L Sun, CKS Carlow - Genome Biology and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Wolbachia, an alpha-proteobacterium closely related to Rickettsia, is a maternally
transmitted, intracellular symbiont of arthropods and nematodes. Aedes albopictus …