Horizontal gene transfer between Wolbachia and the mosquito Aedes aegypti. [PDF]
, 2009 BACKGROUND: The evolutionary importance of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) from Wolbachia endosymbiotic bacteria to their eukaryotic hosts is a topic of considerable interest and debate.
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Host and symbiont genetic contributions to fitness in a Trichogramma–Wolbachia symbiosis [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 The fitness effects associated with Wolbachia infection have wide-ranging ecological and evolutionary consequences for host species. How these effects are modulated by the relative influence of host and Wolbachia genomes has been described as a balancing
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An elusive endosymbiont: Does Wolbachia occur naturally in Aedes aegypti?
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Wolbachia are maternally inherited endosymbiotic bacteria found within many insect species. Aedes mosquitoes experimentally infected with Wolbachia are being released into the field for Aedes‐borne disease control.
Perran A. Ross +7 more
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Infectious Disease Modelling, 2020 Wolbachia is a bacterium that is present in 60% of insects but it is not generally found in Aedes aegypti, the primary vector responsible for the transmission of dengue virus, Zika virus, and other human diseases caused by RNA viruses. Wolbachia has been
Hong Zhang, Roger Lui
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Natural Infection by Toscana Virus and Other Phleboviruses in Wild Sand Flies From Spain: Prevalence, Genetic Characterization and Tripartite Interactions With Leishmania infantum and Wolbachia. [PDF]
Zoonoses Public HealthABSTRACT Introduction Toscana virus (TOSV) and Leishmania species are sand fly‐borne pathogens that pose a significant public health threat and an increasing risk of exposure in Europe. The objective of this study was to identify the phleboviruses circulating in an area endemic for sand fly‐borne pathogens and to estimate infection prevalence in wild ...
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Remnants of horizontal transfers of Wolbachia genes in a Wolbachia-free woodwasp
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Abstract Background Wolbachia is a bacterial endosymbiont of many arthropod and nematode species. Due to its capacity to alter host biology, Wolbachia plays an important role in arthropod and nematode ecology and evolution. Sirex noctilio is a woodwasp causing economic loss in pine plantations of the Southern Hemisphere.
Queffelec, Josephine +3 more
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Differentially expressed profiles in the larval testes of Wolbachia infected and uninfected Drosophila. [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND: Wolbachia are endosymbiotic bacteria that are frequently found in arthropods and nematodes. These maternally inherited bacteria manipulate host reproduction by several mechanisms including cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI).
Yu-Feng Wang +17 more
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Genome Evolution of Wolbachia Strain wPip from the Culex pipiens Group [PDF]
, 2008 The obligate intracellular bacterium Wolbachia pipientis strain wPip induces cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), patterns of crossing sterility, in the Culex pipiens group of mosquitoes.
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Wolbachia induces density-dependent inhibition to dengue virus in mosquito cells. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012 Wolbachia is a maternal transmitted endosymbiotic bacterium that is estimated to infect up to 65% of insect species. The ability of Wolbachia to both induce viral interference and spread into mosquito vector population makes it possible to develop ...
Peng Lu +3 more
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Wolbachia in the Culex pipiens group mosquitoes: introgression and superinfection. [PDF]
, 2009 Wolbachia bacteria in mosquitoes induce cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), where sperm from Wolbachia-infected males can produce inviable progeny. The wPip strain in the Culex pipiens group of mosquitoes produces a complexity of CI crossing types. Several
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