Nematodes are abundant and diverse, and include many parasitic species. Molecular
phylogenetic analyses have shown that parasitism of plants and animals has arisen at least …

Starting in 2006, surprisingly tiny genomes have been discovered from numerous bacterial
symbionts of insect hosts. Despite their size, each retains some genes that enable …

Generating the raw data for a de novo genome assembly project for a target eukaryotic
species is relatively easy. This democratization of access to large-scale data has allowed …

Wolbachia is the most abundant intracellular bacterial genus infecting a wide range of
arthropods and filarial nematodes. Wolbachia have evolved parasitic, mutualistic and …

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

Of all obligate intracellular bacteria, Wolbachia is probably the most common. In general,
Wolbachia are either widespread, opportunistic reproductive parasites of arthropods or …

Most human filarial nematode parasites and arthropods are hosts for a bacterial
endosymbiont, Wolbachia. In filaria, Wolbachia are required for normal development, fertility …

Wolbachia is an alpha-proteobacterial symbiont widely distributed in arthropods. Since the
identification of Wolbachia in certain animal-parasitic nematodes (the Onchocercidae or …

Wolbachia bacteria infect about half of all arthropods, with diverse and extreme
consequences ranging from sex-ratio distortion and mating incompatibilities to protection …

Abstract Wolbachia (Alphaproteobacteria, Rickettsiales) is the most common, and arguably
one of the most important inherited symbionts. Molecular differentiation of Wolbachia strains …