Highlights•Whiteflies are plant phloem feeders and have diverse interactions with host
plants.•Plants defend against whitefly attacks by alternations of morphology and …

The majority of plant viruses are transmitted by hemipteran insects. Bacterial symbionts in
hemipteran hosts have a significant impact on the host life, physiology and ecology …

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 …

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 …

Faecal contamination of recreational waters is an increasing global health concern. Tracing
the source of the contaminant is a vital step towards mitigation and disease prevention. Total …

Species of plant viruses within the Luteoviridae, Geminiviridae, and Nanoviridae are
transmitted by phloem-feeding insects in a circulative, nonpropagative manner. The precise …

We here present annotated lists of names of Candidatus taxa of prokaryotes with ranks
between subspecies and class, proposed between the mid-1990s, when the provisional …

Abstract Background The whitefly Bemisia tabaci is an important agricultural pest with global
distribution. This phloem-sap feeder harbors a primary symbiont,“Candidatus Portiera …

The resident microbiota of animals represents an important contribution to the global
microbial diversity, but it is poorly known in many animals. This study investigated the …

The Bemisia tabaci is a polyphagous insect and a successful vector of plant viruses. B.
tabaci is a species complex and in Brazil native species from the New World (NW) group, as …