Gut microbiome (GM) composition and function are linked to human health and disease, and
routes for manipulating the GM have become an area of intense research. Due to its high …

Infectious diseases pose a significant threat to both human and animal populations.
Intracellular bacteria are a group of pathogens that invade and survive within the interior of …

Plasmids alter microbial evolution and lifestyles by mobilizing genes that often confer fitness
in changing environments across clades. Yet our ecological and evolutionary understanding …

Wolbachia are maternally inherited bacteria that infect arthropod species worldwide and are
deployed in vector control to curb arboviral spread using cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI). CI …

Wolbachia is a widespread, vertically transmitted bacterial endosymbiont known for
manipulating arthropod reproduction. Its most common form of reproductive manipulation is …

Black leg and soft rot are devastating diseases causing up to 50% loss of potential potato
yield. The search for, and characterization of, bacterial viruses (bacteriophages) suitable for …

The symbiosis system comprising eukaryotic hosts, intracellular bacterium Wolbachia, and
temperate bacteriophages WO is widely spread through nearly half the number of arthropod …

Wolbachia are widespread intracellular bacteria that mediate many important biological
processes in arthropod species. In this study, we identified 210 conserved single-copy …

Abstract Models estimate that up to 80% of all butterfly and moth species host vertically
transmitted endosymbiotic microorganisms, which can affect the host fitness, metabolism …

Insect vectors transmit viruses and bacteria that can cause severe diseases in plants and
economic losses due to a decrease in crop production. Insect vectors, like all other …