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Wolbachia and cytoplasmic imcompatibility in mosquitoes

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2004
Wolbachia are maternally inherited bacteria that induce cytoplasmic incompatibility in mosquitoes, and are able to use these patterns of sterility to spread themselves through populations. For this reason they have been proposed as a gene drive system for mosquito genetic replacement, as well as for the reduction of population size or for modulating ...
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Distribution and phenotypic effect of Wolbachia in natural population of Indian Drosophila

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
Background & objectives: Wolbachia (alpha-proteobacteria, Rickettsiaceae) undergoes maternal transmission and manipulates host reproductive fitness.
Kopal Singhal, Sujata Mohanty
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Diversity of Wolbachia infections in Sri Lankan mosquitoes with a new record of Wolbachia Supergroup B infecting Aedes aegypti vector populations

Scientific Reports
Wolbachia bacteria are common endosymbionts of insects and have recently been applied for controlling arboviral vectors, especially Aedes aegypti mosquito populations.
N. D. A. D. Wijegunawardana, Y. I. N. Silva Gunawardene, W. Abeyewickreme, T. G. A. N. Chandrasena, P. Thayanukul, P. Kittayapong   +5 more
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Counting rare Wolbachia endosymbionts using digital droplet PCR

Microbiology Spectrum
Wolbachia is the most widespread animal-associated intracellular microbe, living within the cells of over half of insect species. Since they can suppress pathogen replication and spread rapidly through insect populations, Wolbachia is at the vanguard of ...
Alphaxand K. Njogu, Francesca Logozzo, William R. Conner, J. Dylan Shropshire   +3 more
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Wolbachia Natural Infection of Mosquitoes in French Guiana: Prevalence, Distribution, and Genotyping

Microorganisms
Wolbachia are the most spread bacterial endosymbionts in the world. These bacteria can manipulate host reproduction or block virus transmission in mosquitoes. For this reason, Wolbachia-based strategies for vector control are seriously considered or have
Emmanuelle Clervil, Amandine Guidez, Stanislas Talaga, Romuald Carinci, Pascal Gaborit, Anne Lavergne, Sourakhata Tirera, Jean-Bernard Duchemin   +7 more
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Cross-validation of chemical and genetic disruption approaches to inform host cellular effects on Wolbachia abundance in Drosophila

Frontiers in Microbiology
IntroductionEndosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria are widespread in nature, present in half of all insect species. The success of Wolbachia is supported by a commensal lifestyle.
Zinat Sharmin, Zinat Sharmin, Hani Samarah, Hani Samarah, Rafael Aldaya Bourricaudy, Rafael Aldaya Bourricaudy, Laura Ochoa, Laura Ochoa, Laura Renee Serbus, Laura Renee Serbus, Laura Renee Serbus   +10 more
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Discovery of a novel Wolbachia in Heterodera expands nematode host distribution

Frontiers in Microbiology
Bioinformatics sequence data mining can reveal hidden microbial symbionts that might normally be filtered and removed as contaminants. Data mining can be helpful to detect Wolbachia, a widespread bacterial endosymbiont in insects and filarial nematodes ...
Taranjot Kaur, Amanda M.V. Brown
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Hooked on Wolbachia

, 2017
A recommendation of:Martinez J, Cogni R, Cao C, Smith S, Illingworth CJR & Jiggins FM. 2016. Addicted? Reduced host resistance in populations with defensive symbionts. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 283: 20160778.
Rivero, Ana, Kremer, Natacha
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Variable effects of transient Wolbachia infections on alphaviruses in Aedes aegypti.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Wolbachia pipientis (= Wolbachia) has promise as a tool to suppress virus transmission by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. However, Wolbachia can have variable effects on mosquito-borne viruses.
Brittany L Dodson, Sujit Pujhari, Marco Brustolin, Hillery C Metz, Jason L Rasgon   +4 more
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Calibrating and documenting host-switching and evolution of incompatibility loci for two closely related Wolbachia clades. [PDF]

Genetics
Shropshire JD, Conner WR, Vanderpool D, Hoffmann AA, Turelli M, Cooper BS.   +5 more
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