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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Scientific Reports, 2023 Many arthropods harbour bacterial symbionts, which are maintained by vertical and/or horizontal transmission. Spiroplasma is one of the most well-known symbionts of ticks and other arthropods. It is still unclear how Spiroplasma infections have spread in
Shohei Ogata +13 more
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Spiroplasma bacteria enhance survival of Drosophila hydei attacked by the parasitic wasp Leptopilina heterotoma. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Maternally-transmitted associations between endosymbiotic bacteria and insects are ubiquitous. While many of these associations are obligate and mutually beneficial, many are facultative, and the mechanism(s) by which these microbes persist in their host
Jialei Xie, Igor Vilchez, Mariana Mateos
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Presencia de Spiroplasma penaei en plancton, bentos y fauna acompañante en fincas camaroneras de Colombia [PDF]
Revista Mvz Cordoba, 2011 Objetivo. Determinar la presencia de Spiroplasma penaei en el plancton, bentos y fauna acompañante en 2 fincas comerciales de camarones. Materiales y métodos.
José Altamiranda M. +2 more
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Male-killing Spiroplasma induces sex-specific cell death via host apoptotic pathway. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2014 Some symbiotic bacteria cause remarkable reproductive phenotypes like cytoplasmic incompatibility and male-killing in their host insects. Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying these symbiont-induced reproductive pathologies are of great interest ...
Toshiyuki Harumoto +2 more
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Spiroplasma – an emerging arthropod-borne pathogen? [PDF]
Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2015 Spiroplasma is a genus of wall-less, low-GC, small Gram-positive bacteria of the internal contractile cytoskeleton, with helical morphology and motility. The genus is classified within the class Mollicutes.
Ewa Cisak +5 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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Ocular Spiroplasma ixodetis in Newborns, France
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 Cataract and uveitis are rare in newborns but potentially blinding. Three newborns with cataract and severe anterior uveitis underwent cataract surgery.
Alexandre Matet +4 more
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What Is the Relationship Between Efficacy of Seed Treatment with Insecticides Against Dalbulus maidis (Delong and Wolcott) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Healthy and Infected with Spiroplasm in the Corn Stunt Control? [PDF]
InsectsSeed treatments with insecticides are important tools for managing corn stunting disease complex (CSDC) transmitted by Dalbulus maidis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) by reducing the initial leafhoppers’ population and, consequently, the risk of pathogen ...
Ana Carolina M. Redoan +9 more
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Disseminated Spiroplasma apis Infection in Patient with Agammaglobulinemia, France
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 We report a disseminated infection caused by Spiroplasma apis, a honeybee pathogen, in a patient in France who had X-linked agammaglobulinemia. Identification was challenging because initial bacterial cultures and direct examination by Gram staining were
Nicolas Etienne +11 more
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