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

Type VI secretion requires a dynamic contractile phage tail-like structure

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

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Gene gain and loss events in Rickettsia and Orientia species

(2011) Kalliopi Georgiades et al.   Biology Direct

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

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Insight into cross-talk between intra-amoebal pathogens

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

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Structural basis for the subunit assembly of the anaphase-promoting complex

(2011) Anne Schreiber et al.   NATURE

The wMel Wolbachia strain blocks dengue and invades caged Aedes aegypti populations

(2011) T. Walker et al.   NATURE

Evolutionary Genomics of a Temperate Bacteriophage in an Obligate Intracellular Bacteria (Wolbachia)

(2011) Bethany N. Kent et al.   PLoS One

DEAD-box RNA helicase Belle/DDX3 and the RNA interference pathway promote mitotic chromosome segregation

(2011) J. W. Pek et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Regulation of Wolbachia ankyrin domain encoding genes in Drosophila gonads

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Rapid Spread of a Bacterial Symbiont in an Invasive Whitefly Is Driven by Fitness Benefits and Female Bias

(2011) A. G. Himler et al.   SCIENCE

A Cardinium-like symbiont in the proturan Acerella muscorum (Hexapoda)

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

(2011) Richard Cordaux et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

The genome of the amoeba symbiont "CandidatusAmoebophilus asiaticus" encodes an afp-like prophage possibly used for protein secretion

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Multiple endosymbionts in populations of the ant Formica cinerea

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Co-infection and localization of secondary symbionts in two whitefly species

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Correlations Between Bacterial Ecology and Mobile DNA

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Endosymbiont costs and benefits in a parasitoid infected with both Wolbachia and Cardinium

(2010) J A White et al.   HEREDITY

The draft genome sequence ofArsenophonus nasoniae, son-killer bacterium ofNasonia vitripennis, reveals genes associated with virulence and symbiosis

(2010) T. E. Wilkes et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Lipoic Acid Metabolism in Microbial Pathogens

(2010) M. D. Spalding et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Tubules and donuts: a type VI secretion story

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Rickettsia Sca2 is a bacterial formin-like mediator of actin-based motility

(2010) Cat M. Haglund et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Evolutionary microbial genomics: insights into bacterial host adaptation

(2010) Christina Toft et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Effective--a database of predicted secreted bacterial proteins

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Prevalence of Cardinium Bacteria in Planthoppers and Spider Mites and Taxonomic Revision of "Candidatus Cardinium hertigii" Based on Detection of a New Cardinium Group from Biting Midges

(2009) Y. Nakamura et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

High abundance of virulence gene homologues in marine bacteria

(2009) Olof P. Persson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Genome of the Amoeba Symbiont "Candidatus Amoebophilus asiaticus" Reveals Common Mechanisms for Host Cell Interaction among Amoeba-Associated Bacteria

(2009) S. Schmitz-Esser et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

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

Type VI secretion apparatus and phage tail-associated protein complexes share a common evolutionary origin

(2009) P. G. Leiman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Wolbachia as a bacteriocyte-associated nutritional mutualist

(2009) T. Hosokawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Type III secretion systems in symbiotic adaptation of pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria

(2009) Brian K. Coombes   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Evidence for Metabolic Provisioning by a Common Invertebrate Endosymbiont, Wolbachia pipientis, during Periods of Nutritional Stress

(2009) Jeremy C. Brownlie et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Genomics and Evolution of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts

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

The Genetics and Cell Biology ofWolbachia-Host Interactions

(2008) Laura R. Serbus et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Recent developments in the MAFFT multiple sequence alignment program

(2008) K. Katoh et al.   BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS

MEGA: A biologist-centric software for evolutionary analysis of DNA and protein sequences

(2008) S. Kumar et al.   BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS

The Whole-genome Sequencing of the Obligate Intracellular Bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi Revealed Massive Gene Amplification During Reductive Genome Evolution

(2008) K. Nakayama et al.   DNA RESEARCH

PclA, a pneumococcal collagen-like protein with selected strain distribution, contributes to adherence and invasion of host cells

(2008) Gavin K. Paterson et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Population Biology of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility: Maintenance and Spread of Cardinium Symbionts in a Parasitic Wasp

(2008) S. J. Perlman et al.   GENETICS

Genetic and Functional Characterization of the Type IV Secretion System in Wolbachia

(2008) E. Rances et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

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

Learning how to live together: genomic insights into prokaryote–animal symbioses

(2008) Andrés Moya et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Wolbachia: master manipulators of invertebrate biology

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

SMART 6: recent updates and new developments

(2008) I. Letunic et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The Transporter Classification Database: recent advances

(2008) M. H. Saier et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Ankyrin Repeat Proteins Comprise a Diverse Family of Bacterial Type IV Effectors

(2008) X. Pan et al.   SCIENCE

Wolbachia and Virus Protection in Insects

(2008) L. M. Hedges et al.   SCIENCE