Wolbachia is an endosymbiotic Alphaproteobacteria that can suppress insect-borne
diseases through decreasing host virus transmission (population replacement) or through …

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 …

Research on the intracellular bacterial symbiont Wolbachia has grown on many levels,
providing interesting insights on various aspects of the microbe's biology. Although data …

Most species of insect, and many other plants and animals, carry maternally heritable
microorganisms—viruses, bacteria, unicellular eukaryotes, and fungi that pass from a female …

Wolbachia are intracellular, maternally inherited bacteria with an impressive history of
adaptation to intracellular lifestyles. Instead of adapting to a single host lineage, Wolbachia …

A novel form of biological control is being applied to the dengue virus. The agent is the
maternally transmitted bacterium Wolbachia, naturally absent from the main dengue vector …

Arthropods host a range of sex-ratio-distorting selfish elements, including diverse maternally
inherited endosymbionts that solely kill infected males. Male-killing heritable microbes are …

Background Wolbachia bacteria have invaded many arthropod species by inducing
Cytoplasmic Incompatibility (CI). These symbionts represent fascinating objects of study for …

Highlights•The insect microbiome can have important effects on host behaviour.•We review
the diversity of behavioural manipulators.•We discuss the important evolutionary …

Abstract Background The endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis causes diverse and sometimes
dramatic phenotypes in its invertebrate hosts. Four Wolbachia strains sequenced to date …