Insects share an intimate relationship with their gut microflora and this symbiotic association
has developed into an essential evolutionary outcome intended for their survival through …

Bemisia tabaci has long been considered a complex species. It rose to global prominence in
the 1980s owing to the global invasion by the commonly named B biotype. Since then, the …

Bemisia tabaci is one of the most threatening pests in agriculture, causing significant losses
to many important crops on a global scale. The dramatic increase and availability of …

Across animals and plants, numerous metabolic and defensive adaptations are a direct
consequence of symbiotic associations with beneficial microbes. Explaining how these …

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 …

The whitefly Bemisia tabaci harbors Portiera aleyrodidarum, an obligatory symbiotic
bacterium, as well as several secondary symbionts, including Rickettsia, Hamiltonella …

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV)(Geminiviridae: Begomovirus) is exclusively vectored
by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). TYLCV transmission …

Bacteria in the genus Rickettsia, best known as vertebrate pathogens vectored by blood-
feeding arthropods, can also be found in phytophagous insects. The presence of closely …

One of the biggest challenges for pathogens invading hosts is microbial symbionts but the
role of pathogens in symbionts in nature is unknown. By tracking the dynamics of the …

Symbionts can regulate animal reproduction in multiple ways, but the underlying
physiological and biochemical mechanisms remain largely unknown. The presence of …