What can a weevil teach a fly, and reciprocally? Interaction of host immune systems with endosymbionts in Glossina and Sitophilus

Endosymbiosis as a source of immune innovation

(2018) Abdelaziz Heddi et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

An IMD-like pathway mediates both endosymbiont control and host immunity in the cereal weevil Sitophilus spp.

(2018) Justin Maire et al.   Microbiome

Into the Wild: Parallel Transcriptomics of the Tsetse-Wigglesworthia Mutualism within Kenyan Populations

(2017) Miguel Medina Munoz et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Ancient symbiosis confers desiccation resistance to stored grain pest beetles

(2017) Tobias Engl et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Small genome symbiont underlies cuticle hardness in beetles

(2017) Hisashi Anbutsu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Unravelling the relationship between the tsetse fly and its obligate symbiont Wigglesworthia : transcriptomic and metabolomic landscapes reveal highly integrated physiological networks

(2017) XiaoLi Bing et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Symbiont Acquisition and Replacement as a Source of Ecological Innovation

(2017) Sailendharan Sudakaran et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

A Novel, Extremely Elongated, and Endocellular Bacterial Symbiont Supports Cuticle Formation of a Grain Pest Beetle

(2017) Bin Hirota et al.   mBio

Challenging the Wigglesworthia, Sodalis, Wolbachia symbiosis dogma in tsetse flies: Spiroplasma is present in both laboratory and natural populations

(2017) V. Doudoumis et al.   Scientific Reports

Symbiont-induced odorant binding proteins mediate insect host hematopoiesis

(2017) Joshua B Benoit et al.   eLife

Intestinal Bacterial Communities of Trypanosome-Infected and Uninfected Glossina palpalis palpalis from Three Human African Trypanomiasis Foci in Cameroon

(2017) Franck Jacob et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

More than one rabbit out of the hat: Radiation, transgenic and symbiont-based approaches for sustainable management of mosquito and tsetse fly populations

(2016) Kostas Bourtzis et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Dissecting genome reduction and trait loss in insect endosymbionts

(2016) Amparo Latorre et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Distribution of the obligate endosymbiont Blochmannia floridanus and expression analysis of putative immune genes in ovaries of the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus

(2016) Maria Kupper et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

Immune response and survival of Circulifer haematoceps to Spiroplasma citri infection requires expression of the gene hexamerin

(2016) Rémi Eliautout et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Condition-dependent alteration of cellular immunity by secondary symbionts in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2016) Alice M. Laughton et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Antimicrobial peptides and cell processes tracking endosymbiont dynamics

(2016) Florent Masson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Establishment of a Wolbachia Superinfection in Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes as a Potential Approach for Future Resistance Management

(2016) D. Albert Joubert et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Adenotrophic Viviparity in Tsetse Flies: Potential for Population Control and as an Insect Model for Lactation

(2015) Joshua B. Benoit et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Multiorganismal Insects: Diversity and Function of Resident Microorganisms

(2015) Angela E. Douglas   Annual Review of Entomology

Weevil endosymbiont dynamics is associated with a clamping of immunity

(2015) Florent Masson et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Systemic Infection Generates a Local-Like Immune Response of the Bacteriome Organ in Insect Symbiosis

(2015) Florent Masson et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

The Tiniest Tiny Genomes

(2014) Nancy A. Moran et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Vitamin B6Generated by Obligate Symbionts Is Critical for Maintaining Proline Homeostasis and Fecundity in Tsetse Flies

(2014) Veronika Michalkova et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Analysis of Multiple Tsetse Fly Populations in Uganda Reveals Limited Diversity and Species-Specific Gut Microbiota

(2014) Emre Aksoy et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The cockroach Blattella germanica obtains nitrogen from uric acid through a metabolic pathway shared with its bacterial endosymbiont

(2014) R. Patino-Navarrete et al.   Biology Letters

Insects Recycle Endosymbionts when the Benefit Is Over

(2014) Aurélien Vigneron et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Genome Degeneration and Adaptation in a Nascent Stage of Symbiosis

(2014) Kelly F. Oakeson et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Delivery of a functional anti-trypanosome Nanobody in different tsetse fly tissues via a bacterial symbiont, Sodalis glossinidius

(2014) Linda De Vooght et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Genome Sequence of the Tsetse Fly (Glossina morsitans): Vector of African Trypanosomiasis

(2014) et al.   SCIENCE

Microbial impacts on insect evolutionary diversification: from patterns to mechanisms

(2014) Fabrice Vavre et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Trypanosome transmission dynamics in tsetse

(2014) Serap Aksoy et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Mosquito hemocyte-mediated immune responses

(2014) Julián F Hillyer et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Mealybugs nested endosymbiosis: going into the ‘matryoshka’ system in Planococcus citri in depth

(2013) Sergio López-Madrigal et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Gene expression analysis of the endosymbiont-bearing midgut tissue during ontogeny of the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus

(2013) Carolin Ratzka et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Wolbachia, Sodalis and trypanosome co-infections in natural populations of Glossina austeni and Glossina pallidipes

(2013) Florence N Wamwiri et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Trypanosome Infection Establishment in the Tsetse Fly Gut Is Influenced by Microbiome-Regulated Host Immune Barriers

(2013) Brian L. Weiss et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Implications of Microfauna-Host Interactions for Trypanosome Transmission Dynamics in Glossina fuscipes fuscipes in Uganda

(2012) Uzma Alam et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

OmpA-Mediated Biofilm Formation Is Essential for the Commensal Bacterium Sodalis glossinidius To Colonize the Tsetse Fly Gut

(2012) Michele A. Maltz et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Host gene response to endosymbiont and pathogen in the cereal weevil Sitophilus oryzae

(2012) Aurélien Vigneron et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Detection and characterization of Wolbachia infections in laboratory and natural populations of different species of tsetse flies (genus Glossina)

(2012) Vangelis Doudoumis et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Obligate Symbionts Activate Immune System Development in the Tsetse Fly

(2012) B. L. Weiss et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Insect immune system maintains long-term resident bacteria through a local response

(2012) Frédéric H. Login et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Improving Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) for tsetse flies through research on their symbionts and pathogens

(2012) Adly M.M. Abd-Alla et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

The bacterial flora of tsetse fly midgut and its effect on trypanosome transmission

(2012) Illiassou Hamidou Soumana et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Tissue distribution and transmission routes for the tsetse fly endosymbionts

(2012) Séverine Balmand et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Tsetse-Wolbachia symbiosis: Comes of age and has great potential for pest and disease control

(2012) Vangelis Doudoumis et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

The Cellular Immune Response of the Pea Aphid to Foreign Intrusion and Symbiotic Challenge

(2012) Antonin Schmitz et al.   PLoS One

PGRP-LB is a maternally transmitted immune milk protein that influences symbiosis and parasitism in tsetse's offspring

(2012) J. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Novel Human-Infection-Derived Bacterium Provides Insights into the Evolutionary Origins of Mutualistic Insect–Bacterial Symbioses

(2012) Adam L. Clayton et al.   PLoS Genetics

Endosymbiont Tolerance and Control within Insect Hosts

(2012) Carolin Ratzka et al.   Insects

The tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (Diptera: Glossina) harbours a surprising diversity of bacteria other than symbionts

(2011) Jenny M. Lindh et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Characterisation of immune responses in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2011) Alice M. Laughton et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Antimicrobial Peptides Keep Insect Endosymbionts Under Control

(2011) F. H. Login et al.   SCIENCE

Microbiome influences on insect host vector competence

(2011) Brian Weiss et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Tsetse Immune System Maturation Requires the Presence of Obligate Symbionts in Larvae

(2011) Brian L. Weiss et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Wolbachia Symbiont Infections Induce Strong Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in the Tsetse Fly Glossina morsitans

(2011) Uzma Alam et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Genomic insight into the amino acid relations of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, with its symbiotic bacterium Buchnera aphidicola

(2010) A. C. C. Wilson et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Genomics of intracellular symbionts in insects

(2010) María José Gosalbes et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Nutrient provisioning facilitates homeostasis between tsetse fly (Diptera: Glossinidae) symbionts

(2010) A. K. Snyder et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2010)   PLOS BIOLOGY

Immunity and other defenses in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2010) Nicole M Gerardo et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

"Candidatus Curculioniphilus buchneri," a Novel Clade of Bacterial Endocellular Symbionts from Weevils of the Genus Curculio

(2009) H. Toju et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Blochmannia endosymbionts improve colony growth and immune defence in the ant Camponotus fellah

(2009) Danival J de Souza et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

First isolation of Enterobacter, Enterococcus, and Acinetobacter spp. as inhabitants of the tsetse fly (Glossina palpalis palpalis) midgut

(2009) Anne Geiger et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Tripartite interactions between tsetse flies, Sodalis glossinidius and trypanosomes—An epidemiological approach in two historical human African trypanosomiasis foci in Cameroon

(2009) Oumarou Farikou et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Interactions between mutualist Wigglesworthia and tsetse peptidoglycan recognition protein (PGRP-LB) influence trypanosome transmission

(2009) J. Wang 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 Obligate Mutualist Wigglesworthia glossinidia Influences Reproduction, Digestion, and Immunity Processes of Its Host, the Tsetse Fly

(2008) R. Pais et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of the Weevil immune genes and their expression in the bacteriome tissue

(2008) Caroline Anselme et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Analysis of milk gland structure and function in Glossina morsitans: Milk protein production, symbiont populations and fecundity

(2008) Geoffrey M. Attardo et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Long-Term Evolutionary Stability of Bacterial Endosymbiosis in Curculionoidea: Additional Evidence of Symbiont Replacement in the Dryophthoridae Family

(2008) Cyrille Conord et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

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

(2008) Andrés Moya et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

An insect symbiosis is influenced by bacterium-specific polymorphisms in outer-membrane protein A

(2008) B. L. Weiss et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA