Rickettsial infection in ticks infesting wild birds from two eco-regions of Argentina [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2016 Several tick-borne Rickettsia species are recognized human pathogens in Argentina. Here we evaluated rickettsial infection in ticks collected on passerine birds during 2011-2012 in two eco-regions of Argentina.
Fernando Sebastián Flores +4 more
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Linking eye design with host symbiont relationships in pontoniine shrimps (crustacea, decapoda, palaemonidae) [PDF]
, 2014 Symbiosis is prevalent in the marine environment with many studies examining the effects of such interactions between host and symbiont. Pontoniine shrimps are a group whose ecology is characterised by symbiotic interactions.
De Grave, Sammy +2 more
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Non-Canonical, Somatic-Dependent Vertical Transmission of Wolbachia in an Aphid. [PDF]
Environ Microbiol RepWe discovered a novel somatic‐associated Wolbachia transmission strategy in cedar bark aphids (Cinara cedri), contrasting with its typical maternal vertical transmission. This unique maternally retained somatic re‐acquisition strategy—a “piggybacking” on the highly efficient obligate symbiont transmission pathway—reveals diverse endosymbiont strategies
Nozaki T, Kobayashi Y, Shigenobu S.
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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 487-501., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Charles W. Diamond +3 more
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Large-scale and significant expression from pseudogenes in Sodalis glossinidius – a facultative bacterial endosymbiont [PDF]
, 2020 The majority of bacterial genomes have high coding efficiencies, but there are some genomes of intracellular bacteria that have low gene density. The genome of the endosymbiont Sodalis glossinidius contains almost 50 % pseudogenes containing mutations ...
Beynon, R +9 more
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Spiroplasma Isolated From Third-Generation Laboratory Colony Ixodes persulcatus Ticks
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Spiroplasma are vertically-transmitted endosymbionts of ticks and other arthropods. Field-collected Ixodes persulcatus have been reported to harbour Spiroplasma, but nothing is known about their persistence during laboratory colonisation of this tick ...
Alexandra Beliavskaia +12 more
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Differential Functional Constraints Cause Strain-Level Endemism in Polynucleobacter Populations. [PDF]
, 2016 The adaptation of bacterial lineages to local environmental conditions creates the potential for broader genotypic diversity within a species, which can enable a species to dominate across ecological gradients because of niche flexibility.
Geeta Rijal +8 more
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Heritable Endosymbionts of Drosophila [PDF]
Genetics, 2006 AbstractAlthough heritable microorganisms are increasingly recognized as widespread in insects, no systematic screens for such symbionts have been conducted in Drosophila species (the primary insect genetic models for studies of evolution, development, and innate immunity).
Mariana, Mateos +5 more
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Male-killing endosymbionts: influence of environmental conditions on persistence of host metapopulation [PDF]
, 2008 Background: Male killing endosymbionts manipulate their arthropod host reproduction by only allowing female embryos to develop into infected females and killing all male offspring.
Bonte, Dries +2 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Many obligate blood-sucking arthropods rely on symbiotic bacteria to provision essential B vitamins that are either missing or at sub-optimal levels in their nutritionally challenging blood diet.
Daniel R. G. Price +6 more
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