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Symbiotic bacteria Sodalis glossinidius, Spiroplasma sp and Wolbachia do not favour Trypanosoma grayi coexistence in wild population of tsetse flies collected in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso [PDF]

BMC Microbiology
Background Tsetse flies, the biological vectors of African trypanosomes, have established symbiotic associations with different bacteria. Their vector competence is suggested to be affected by bacterial endosymbionts.
Youssouf Mouliom Mfopit, Etienne Bilgo, Soudah Boma, Martin Bienvenu Somda, Jacques Edounou Gnambani, Maurice Konkobo, Abdoulaye Diabate, Guiguigbaza-Kossigan Dayo, Mohammed Mamman, Soerge Kelm, Emmanuel Oluwadare Balogun, Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu, Junaidu Kabir   +12 more
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Prospects for the Mechanism of Spiroplasma Swimming [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Spiroplasma are helical bacteria that lack a peptidoglycan layer. They are widespread globally as parasites of arthropods and plants. Their infectious processes and survival are most likely supported by their unique swimming system, which is unrelated to
Yuya Sasajima, Makoto Miyata, Makoto Miyata   +2 more
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A genome sequence survey of the mollicute corn stunt spiroplasmaSpiroplasma kunkelii [PDF]

FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2002
The mollicute corn stunt spiroplasma (Spiroplasma kunkelii) is a leafhopper-transmitted pathogen of maize. Sequencing of the approximately 1.6-Mb genome of S. kunkelii was initiated to aid understanding the genetic basis of spiroplasma interactions with their plant and leafhopper hosts.
Xiaodong Bai, Saskia A. Hogenhout
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Rare Spiroplasma Bloodstream Infection in Patient after Surgery, China, 2022 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
We report a case of Spiroplasma bloodstream infection in a patient in China who developed pulmonary infection, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, and septic shock after emergency surgery for type A aortic dissection.
Ningning Xiu, Chao Yang, Xiaowei Chen, Jianping Long, Pinghua Qu   +4 more
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Spiroplasmas: evolutionary relationships and biodiversity [PDF]

Frontiers in Bioscience, 2006
Spiroplasmas are wall-less descendants of Gram-positive bacteria that maintain some of the smallest genomes known for self-replicating organisms. These helical, motile prokaryotes exploit numerous habitats, but are most often found in association with insects.
B. Laura
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Differential gene expression in a tripartite interaction: Drosophila, Spiroplasma and parasitic wasps [PDF]

PeerJ, 2021
Background Several facultative bacterial symbionts of insects protect their hosts against natural enemies. Spiroplasma poulsonii strain sMel (hereafter Spiroplasma), a male-killing heritable symbiont of Drosophila melanogaster, confers protection against
Victor Manuel Higareda Alvear, Mariana Mateos, Diego Cortez, Cecilia Tamborindeguy, Esperanza Martinez-Romero   +4 more
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Spiroplasma infection in Harmonia axyridis - Diversity and multiple infection. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
The heritable endosymbiotic bacterium Spiroplasma is found in the harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis. The proportion of beetles infected with Spiroplasma in different native H. axyridis populations varies from 2% to 49%.
Irina Goryacheva, Alla Blekhman, Boris Andrianov, Denis Romanov, Ilya Zakharov   +4 more
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Do Sex Ratio Distorting Microbes Inhibit the Evolution of Pesticide Resistance? An Experimental Test. [PDF]

Evol Appl
ABSTRACT We are still largely reliant on pesticides for the suppression of arthropod pests which threaten human health and food production, but the recent rise of evolved resistance among important pest species has reduced pesticide efficacy. Despite this, our understanding of strategies that effectively limit the evolution of resistance remains weak ...
Fisher AM, McKenzie AV, Price TAR, Bonsall MB, Knell RJ.   +4 more
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The defensive Spiroplasma [PDF]

Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2019
Defensive microbes are of great interest for their roles in arthropod health, disease transmission, and biocontrol efforts. Obligate bacterial passengers of arthropods, such as Spiroplasma, confer protection against the natural enemies of their hosts to improve their own fitness.
Matthew J Ballinger, Steve J Perlman
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Spiroplasma Infection among Ixodid Ticks Exhibits Species Dependence and Suggests a Vertical Pattern of Transmission

Microorganisms, 2021
Members of the genus Spiroplasma are Gram-positive bacteria without cell walls. Some Spiroplasma species can cause disease in arthropods such as bees, whereas others provide their host with resistance to pathogens.
Shohei Ogata, Wessam Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed, Kodai Kusakisako, May June Thu, Yongjin Qiu, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa, Keita Matsuno, Ken Katakura, Nariaki Nonaka, Ryo Nakao   +9 more
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