Lateral transfers of insertion sequences between Wolbachia, Cardinium and Rickettsia bacterial endosymbionts

Draft genome sequence of the male-killing Wolbachia strain wBol1 reveals recent horizontal gene transfers from diverse sources

(2013) Anne Duplouy et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Endosymbiosis

(2012) Jennifer J. Wernegreen   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Exploring the effect of the Cardinium endosymbiont on spiders

(2012) A. STEFANINI et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Evolution and diversity ofArsenophonusendosymbionts in aphids

(2012) Emmanuelle Jousselin et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Still a Host of Hosts for Wolbachia: Analysis of Recent Data Suggests That 40% of Terrestrial Arthropod Species Are Infected

(2012) Roman Zug et al.   PLoS One

Comparative Genomics Suggests an Independent Origin of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in Cardinium hertigii

(2012) Thomas Penz et al.   PLoS Genetics

A bacterial genome in transition - an exceptional enrichment of IS elements but lack of evidence for recent transposition in the symbiont Amoebophilus asiaticus

(2011) Stephan Schmitz-Esser et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

DO PHAGES EFFICIENTLY SHUTTLE TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS AMONG PROKARYOTES?

(2011) Sébastien Leclercq et al.   EVOLUTION

Short- and Long-term Evolutionary Dynamics of Bacterial Insertion Sequences: Insights from Wolbachia Endosymbionts

(2011) Nicolas Cerveau et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

A Rickettsia Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements Provides Insight into the Acquisition of Genes Characteristic of an Obligate Intracellular Lifestyle

(2011) J. J. Gillespie et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Diversification of Wolbachia Endosymbiont in the Culex pipiens Mosquito

(2011) C. M. Atyame et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The impact of endosymbionts on the evolution of host sex-determination mechanisms

(2011) Richard Cordaux et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Phage WO of Wolbachia: lambda of the endosymbiont world

(2010) Bethany N. Kent et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

The Ecology and Evolution of Microbes that Manipulate Host Reproduction

(2009) Jan Engelstädter et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Evolution and diversity of Rickettsia bacteria

(2009) Lucy A Weinert et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Extensive genomic diversity of closely related Wolbachia strains

(2009) N. Ishmael et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Lateral Phage Transfer in Obligate Intracellular Bacteria (Wolbachia): Verification from Natural Populations

(2009) M. E. Chafee et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Genome Sequence of the Endosymbiont Rickettsia peacockii and Comparison with Virulent Rickettsia rickettsii: Identification of Virulence Factors

(2009) Roderick F. Felsheim et al.   PLoS One

The mosaic genome structure of the Wolbachia wRi strain infecting Drosophila simulans

(2009) L. Klasson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genomics and Evolution of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts

(2008) Nancy A. Moran et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

The diversity of reproductive parasites among arthropods: Wolbachia do not walk alone

(2008) Olivier Duron et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Intense Transpositional Activity of Insertion Sequences in an Ancient Obligate Endosymbiont

(2008) R. Cordaux et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Genome Evolution of Wolbachia Strain wPip from the Culex pipiens Group

(2008) L. Klasson et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

High incidence of the maternally inherited bacterium Cardinium in spiders

(2008) OLIVIER DURON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Distant horizontal gene transfer is rare for multiple families of prokaryotic insertion sequences

(2008) Andreas Wagner et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Wolbachia: master manipulators of invertebrate biology

(2008) John H. Werren et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

ISWpi1 from Wolbachia pipientis defines a novel group of insertion sequences within the IS5 family

(2007) Richard Cordaux   GENE