The most widespread intracellular bacteria in the animal kingdom are maternally inherited
endosymbionts of the genus Wolbachia. Their prevalence in arthropods and nematodes …

Wolbachia are successful Gram-negative bacterial endosymbionts, globally infecting a large
fraction of arthropod species and filarial nematodes. Efficient vertical transmission, the …

Animal hosts have initiated myriad symbiotic associations with microorganisms and often
have maintained these symbioses for millions of years, spanning drastic changes in …

Bacterial symbionts, such as Wolbachia species, can manipulate the sexual development
and reproduction of their insect hosts. For example, Wolbachia infection induces male …

Wolbachia are the most common obligate, intracellular bacteria in animals. They exist
worldwide in arthropod and nematode hosts in which they commonly act as reproductive …

Microorganisms that reside within or transmit through arthropod reproductive tissues have
profound impacts on host reproduction, health and evolution. In this Review, we discuss …

The extent to which prophage proteins interact with eukaryotic macromolecules is largely
unknown. In this work, we show that cytoplasmic incompatibility factor A (CifA) and B (CifB) …

A female-biased sex ratio is considered advantageous for the cytoplasmic elements that
inhabit sexually reproducing organisms. There are numerous examples of bacterial …

Host reproduction can be manipulated by bacterial symbionts in various ways.
Parthenogenesis induction is the most effective type of reproduction manipulation by …

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 …