Development of a multi-locus sequence typing system helps reveal the evolution of Cardinium hertigii, a reproductive manipulator symbiont of insects

The draft genome of strain cCpun from biting midges confirms insect Cardinium are not a monophyletic group and reveals a novel gene family expansion in a symbiont

(2019) Stefanos Siozios et al.   PeerJ

Bacterial endosymbiont Cardinium cSfur genome sequence provides insights for understanding the symbiotic relationship in Sogatella furcifera host

(2018) Zhen Zeng et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Comparative Genomics of Wolbachia–Cardinium Dual Endosymbiosis in a Plant-Parasitic Nematode

(2018) Amanda M. V. Brown et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Independent cytoplasmic incompatibility induced byCardiniumandWolbachiamaintains endosymbiont coinfections in haplodiploid thrips populations

(2017) Duong T. Nguyen et al.   EVOLUTION

Prophage WO genes recapitulate and enhance Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility

(2017) Daniel P. LePage et al.   NATURE

Unique clade of alphaproteobacterial endosymbionts induces complete cytoplasmic incompatibility in the coconut beetle

(2017) Shun-ichiro Takano et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Eukaryotic association module in phage WO genomes from Wolbachia

(2016) Sarah R. Bordenstein et al.   Nature Communications

Cryptic diversity, reproductive isolation and cytoplasmic incompatibility in a classic biological control success story

(2015) Marco Gebiola et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) in prokaryotic taxonomy

(2015) Stefanie P. Glaeser et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Bad guys turned nice? A critical assessment ofWolbachiamutualisms in arthropod hosts

(2014) Roman Zug et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

The Genome of Cardinium cBtQ1 Provides Insights into Genome Reduction, Symbiont Motility, and Its Settlement in Bemisia tabaci

(2014) Diego Santos-Garcia et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

First detection of endosymbiotic bacteria in biting midgesCulicoides pulicarisandCulicoides punctatus, important Palaearctic vectors of bluetongue virus

(2014) S. E. LEWIS et al.   MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY

Competitive Ability and Fitness Differences between Two Introduced Populations of the Invasive Whitefly Bemisia tabaci Q in China

(2014) Yi-Wei Fang et al.   PLoS One

Evolutionary origin of insect-Wolbachia nutritional mutualism

(2014) N. Nikoh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phylogenomic analyses uncover origin and spread of the Wolbachia pandemic

(2014) Michael Gerth et al.   Nature Communications

Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences

(2013) Margaret McFall-Ngai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cytoplasmic incompatibility involving Cardinium and Wolbachia in the white-backed planthopper Sogatella furcifera (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)

(2012) Yuki Nakamura et al.   APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY

Cardinium—the Leading Factor of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in the PlanthopperSogatella furciferaDoubly Infected WithWolbachiaandCardinium

(2012) Xiang-Fei Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Cardinium is associated with reproductive incompatibility in the predatory mite Metaseiulus occidentalis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

(2012) Ke Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Primer3—new capabilities and interfaces

(2012) Andreas Untergasser et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Antibiotic-Induced Change of Bacterial Communities Associated with the Copepod Nitocra spinipes

(2012) Anna Edlund et al.   PLoS One

Comparative Genomics of Serratia spp.: Two Paths towards Endosymbiotic Life

(2012) Alejandro Manzano-Marín et al.   PLoS One

A Veritable Menagerie of Heritable Bacteria from Ants, Butterflies, and Beyond: Broad Molecular Surveys and a Systematic Review

(2012) Jacob A. Russell et al.   PLoS One

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

(2012) Thomas Penz et al.   PLoS Genetics

Multiple Wolbachia infections in Rhagoletis pomonella

(2011) Hannes Schuler et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Massive Genomic Decay in Serratia symbiotica, a Recently Evolved Symbiont of Aphids

(2011) Gaelen R. Burke et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

New Insights into the Evolution of Wolbachia Infections in Filarial Nematodes Inferred from a Large Range of Screened Species

(2011) Emanuele Ferri et al.   PLoS One

Allele Intersection Analysis: A Novel Tool for Multi Locus Sequence Assignment in Multiply Infected Hosts

(2011) Wolfgang Arthofer et al.   PLoS One

Horizontal transmission of the insect symbiont Rickettsia is plant-mediated

(2011) A. Caspi-Fluger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

(2011) Thomas Penz et al.   Virulence

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

(2010) J A White et al.   HEREDITY

A divergent Cardinium found in daddy long-legs (Arachnida: Opiliones)

(2010) Jin Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Ribosomal Translocation: One Step Closer to the Molecular Mechanism

(2009) Shinichiro Shoji et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

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

Arsenophonus, an emerging clade of intracellular symbionts with a broad host distribution

(2009) Eva Nováková et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Cytoplasmic incompatibility in the parasitic wasp Encarsia inaron: disentangling the roles of Cardinium and Wolbachia symbionts

(2009) J A White et al.   HEREDITY

Pervasive associations between Cybaeus spiders and the bacterial symbiont Cardinium

(2009) Steve J. Perlman et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Genomics and Evolution of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts

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

Fe-S Cluster Assembly Pathways in Bacteria

(2008) C. Ayala-Castro et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

jModelTest: Phylogenetic Model Averaging

(2008) D. Posada   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION