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Genomic and phenotypic evolution of nematode-infecting microsporidia

PLoS Pathogens, 2023
Microsporidia are a large phylum of intracellular parasites that can infect most types of animals. Species in the Nematocida genus can infect nematodes including Caenorhabditis elegans, which has become an important model to study mechanisms of ...
Aaron W Reinke, Robert Luallen, Lina Wadi   +2 more
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Comparative Genomics of Microsporidia [PDF]

, 2022
The microsporidia are a phylum of intracellular parasites that represent the eukaryotic cell in a state of extreme reduction, with genomes and metabolic capabilities embodying eukaryotic cells in arguably their most streamlined state. Over the past 20 years, microsporidian genomics has become a rapidly expanding field starting with sequencing of the ...
Williams, BAP, Williams, TA, Trew, J
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Horizontal Transmission of the Symbiont Microsporidia MB in Anopheles arabiensis [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
The recently discovered Anopheles symbiont, Microsporidia MB, has a strong malaria transmission-blocking phenotype in Anopheles arabiensis, the predominant Anopheles gambiae species complex member in many active transmission areas in eastern Africa.
Godfrey Nattoh, Godfrey Nattoh, Tracy Maina, Edward E. Makhulu, Lilian Mbaisi, Enock Mararo, Fidel G. Otieno, Tullu Bukhari, Thomas O. Onchuru, Thomas O. Onchuru, Evan Teal, Juan Paredes, Joel L. Bargul, Joel L. Bargul, David M. Mburu, Everline A. Onyango, Gabriel Magoma, Gabriel Magoma, Steven P. Sinkins, Jeremy K. Herren   +19 more
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Molecular detection and maternal transmission of Microsporidia MB in the field-caught Anopheles coluzzii in Cameroon [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Recent discoveries of Microsporidia MB in Anopheles mosquitoes and its demonstrated capacity to block malaria transmission suggest that it could be a promising candidate for a symbiont-based malaria control strategy.
Maurice Marcel Sandeu, Ghislaine Flore Tamko Mella, Claudine Grâce Maffo Tatsinkou, Ornella Possi, Carlos S. Djoko Tagne, Solange Meyin A. Ebong, François-Xavier Etoa, Flobert Njiokou, Nsa Dada, Charles S. Wondji   +9 more
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Telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of Microsporidia sp. MB, a microsporidian symbiont of Anopheles coluzzii isolated from Burkina Faso [PDF]

BMC Genomics
Background Microsporidia sp. MB is an intracellular parasite of anopheline mosquitoes identified across the African continent. Microsporidia sp. MB infections appear to have no significant effect on mosquito fitness and can vertically transmit, whilst ...
Roland Pevsner, Julien Martinez, Deepak-Kumar Purusothaman, Beth C. Poulton, Abdelhakeem I. Adam, Ewan R.S. Parry, Saré Issiaka, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Steven P. Sinkins   +8 more
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A Large Collection of Novel Nematode-Infecting Microsporidia and Their Diverse Interactions with Caenorhabditis elegans and Other Related Nematodes [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2016
Microsporidia are fungi-related intracellular pathogens that may infect virtually all animals, but are poorly understood. The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has recently become a model host for studying microsporidia through the identification of its ...
Gaotian Zhang, Robert Luallen, Marie-Anne Felix   +2 more
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Revisiting the phylogeny of microsporidia

International Journal for Parasitology, 2021
Canonical microsporidians are a group of obligate intracellular parasites of a wide range of hosts comprising ~1,300 species of >220 genera. Microsporidians are related to fungi, and many characterised and uncharacterized groups closely related to them have been discovered recently, filling the knowledge gaps between them.
Eunji, Park, Robert, Poulin
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Changes in the Anopheles arabiensis transcriptome and gut microbiota profiles associated with the endosymbiotic Microsporidia MB [PDF]

BMC Genomics
Background Microsporidia MB is an endosymbiotic microbe found in Anopheles mosquito populations. This symbiont can block Plasmodium transmission in mosquitoes, and it can spread through mosquito populations and be sustained over generations by vertical ...
Jacqueline Wahura Waweru, Nicola Mulder, Cynthia Nyambura King’ori, Irene Muiruri, Mwatum Maloba Alakonya, Edward Edmond Makhulu, Lilian Mbaisi Ang’ang’o, Joseph Gichuhi, Daniel Masiga, Jeremy Keith Herren   +9 more
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Localization and tissue tropism of the symbiont Microsporidia MB in the germ line and somatic tissues of Anopheles arabiensis

MBio
The Anopheles symbiont, Microsporidia MB, is maternally inherited and has a strong malaria transmission-blocking phenotype in Anopheles arabiensis. Microsporidia MB is also vertically transmitted, sexually transmitted, and avirulent.
Thomas Ogao Onchuru, Jeremy Herren, Joseph Gichuhi   +2 more
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The L1014F Kdr mutation is associated with a higher prevalence and load of the Plasmodium-blocking symbiont Microsporidia MB In Anopheles Gambiae s.l. In Benin [PDF]

BMC Microbiology
Introduction The Plasmodium transmission-blocking endosymbiont Microsporidia MB was previously identified in Anopheles gambiae s.l., but its association with the carriage of the genotypes of the L1014F kdr mutation, as well as the ecological factors ...
Arthur Sovi, Minassou Juvenal Ahouandjinou, Rock Aïkpon, Gérard S. Totongnon, Boulais Yovogan, Thomas Syme, Abdramane Dembélé, Come Zinsou Koukpo, Hermann Sagbohan, Razaki Ossè, Andil Agbo-Ola, Virgile Gnanguenon, Ulrick Toffodji, Rudy Caparros Megido, Steve Zinsou Hougbe, David Mahouton Zoungbédji, Alphonse Keller Konkon, Jackie Cook, Germain Gil Padonou, Natacha Protopopoff, Martin C. Akogbéto, Louisa A. Messenger, Constantin J. Adoha   +22 more
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