The Wolbachia Endosymbionts

F Landmann - Microbiology spectrum, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
The Wolbachia endosymbionts encompass a large group of intracellular bacteria of
biomedical and veterinary relevance, closely related to Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, and …

Wolbachia host shifts: routes, mechanisms, constraints and evolutionary consequences

E Sanaei, S Charlat, J Engelstädter - Biological Reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wolbachia is one of the most abundant endosymbionts on earth, with a wide distribution
especially in arthropods. Effective maternal transmission and the induction of various …

Global genetic diversity and geographical distribution of Bemisia tabaci and its bacterial endosymbionts

S Kanakala, M Ghanim - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Phylogenomic analysis of Wolbachia genomes from the Darwin Tree of Life biodiversity genomics project

E Vancaester, M Blaxter - PLoS Biology, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The Darwin Tree of Life (DToL) project aims to sequence all described terrestrial and
aquatic eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland. Reference genome sequences are …

Wolbachia associations with insects: winning or losing against a master manipulator

CC Correa, JWO Ballard - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Wolbachia are intracellular, maternally inherited bacteria with an impressive history of
adaptation to intracellular lifestyles. Instead of adapting to a single host lineage, Wolbachia …

Wolbachia: endosymbiont of onchocercid nematodes and their vectors

RRS Manoj, MS Latrofa, S Epis, D Otranto - Parasites & vectors, 2021 - Springer
Background Wolbachia is an obligate intracellular maternally transmitted, gram-negative
bacterium which forms a spectrum of endosymbiotic relationships from parasitism to …

Comparative genomics provides a timeframe for Wolbachia evolution and exposes a recent biotin synthesis operon transfer

M Gerth, C Bleidorn - Nature Microbiology, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract The genus Wolbachia (Alphaproteobacteria) comprises the most abundant
inherited intracellular bacteria 1. Despite their relevance as manipulators of human …

Breakdown of coevolution between symbiotic bacteria Wolbachia and their filarial hosts

E Lefoulon, O Bain, BL Makepeace, C d'Haese, S Uni… - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
Wolbachia is an alpha-proteobacterial symbiont widely distributed in arthropods. Since the
identification of Wolbachia in certain animal-parasitic nematodes (the Onchocercidae or …

Systematic Review of Wolbachia Symbiont Detection in Mosquitoes: An Entangled Topic about Methodological Power and True Symbiosis

LM Inacio da Silva, FZ Dezordi, MHS Paiva, GL Wallau - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Wolbachia is an endosymbiotic bacterium that naturally infects several arthropods and
nematode species. Wolbachia gained particular attention due to its impact on their host …

Wolbachia prevalence, diversity, and ability to induce cytoplasmic incompatibility in mosquitoes

M Sicard, M Bonneau, M Weill - Current opinion in insect science, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•All Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens are infected with Wolbachia.•Natural
Wolbachia infections of Anopheles species and of Ae. aegypti have to be …