Insect heritable symbionts have proven to be ubiquitous, based on molecular screening of
various insect lineages. Recently, molecular and experimental approaches have yielded an …

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

Maternal transmission is the main transmission pathway of facultative bacterial
endosymbionts, but phylogenetically distant insect hosts harbor closely related …

Bacterial symbionts are widespread in insects and other animals. Most of them are
predominantly vertically transmitted, along with their hosts' genes, and thus extend the …

The best-known members of the bacterial genus Rickettsia are associates of blood-feeding
arthropods that are pathogenic when transmitted to vertebrates. These species include the …

Background Rickettsia are intracellular symbionts of eukaryotes that are best known for
infecting and causing serious diseases in humans and other mammals. All known vertebrate …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

Facultative bacterial endosymbionts are associated with many arthropods and are primarily
transmitted vertically from mother to offspring. However, phylogenetic affiliations suggest that …

Rickettsia are best known as strictly intracellular vector‐borne bacteria that cause mild to
severe diseases in humans and other animals. Recent advances in molecular tools and …

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