Evolution of Wolbachia mutualism and reproductive parasitism: insight from two novel strains that co-infect cat fleas

Wolbachia Endosymbiont of the Horn Fly (Haematobia irritans irritans): a Supergroup A Strain with Multiple Horizontally Acquired Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Genes

(2020) Mukund Madhav et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A Moraxella Virulence Factor Catalyzes an Essential Esterase Reaction of Biotin Biosynthesis

(2020) Qi Zeng et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Parallel Sequencing of Wolbachia wCer2 from Donor and Novel Hosts Reveals Multiple Incompatibility Factors and Genome Stability after Host Transfers

(2020) Jennifer L Morrow et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

A chromosome-level assembly of the cat flea genome uncovers rampant gene duplication and genome size plasticity

(2020) Timothy P. Driscoll et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Pseudoscorpion Wolbachia symbionts: diversity and evidence for a new supergroup S

(2020) Emilie Lefoulon et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Life and Death of Selfish Genes: Comparative Genomics Reveals the Dynamic Evolution of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility

(2020) Julien Martinez et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

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

The Wolbachia mobilome in Culex pipiens includes a putative plasmid

(2019) Julie Reveillaud et al.   Nature Communications

The Toxin–Antidote Model of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility: Genetics and Evolutionary Implications

(2019) John F. Beckmann et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Functional Replacement of the BioC and BioH Proteins of Escherichia coli Biotin Precursor Biosynthesis by Ehrlichia chaffeensis Novel Proteins

(2019) Xudong Hang et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Genome expansion of an obligate parthenogenesis-associated Wolbachia poses an exception to the symbiont reduction model

(2019) A. A. Kampfraath et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The first draft genomes of the ant Formica exsecta, and its Wolbachia endosymbiont reveal extensive gene transfer from endosymbiont to host

(2019) Kishor Dhaygude et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Loss of cytoplasmic incompatibility and minimal fecundity effects explain relatively low Wolbachia frequencies in Drosophila mauritiana

(2019) Megan K. Meany et al.   EVOLUTION

Deianiraea, an extracellular bacterium associated with the ciliate Paramecium, suggests an alternative scenario for the evolution of Rickettsiales

(2019) Michele Castelli et al.   ISME Journal

An updated phylogeny of the Alphaproteobacteria reveals that the parasitic Rickettsiales and Holosporales have independent origins

(2019) Sergio A Muñoz-Gómez et al.   eLife

The Life of an Insect Endosymbiont from the Cradle to the Grave

(2019) John P. McCutcheon et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Wolbachia Acquisition by Drosophila yakuba-clade Hosts and Transfer of Incompatibility Loci Between Distantly Related Wolbachia

(2019) Brandon S. Cooper et al.   GENETICS

Symbionts of the ciliate Euplotes : diversity, patterns and potential as models for bacteria–eukaryote endosymbioses

(2019) Vittorio Boscaro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Morphological, Ultrastructural, Motility and Evolutionary Characterization of Two New Hemistasiidae Species

(2019) Galina Prokopchuk et al.   PROTIST

Two intracellular and cell type-specific bacterial symbionts in the placozoan Trichoplax H2

(2019) Harald R. Gruber-Vodicka et al.   Nature Microbiology

Phylogenetic, genomic, and biogeographic characterization of a novel and ubiquitous marine invertebrate-associated Rickettsiales parasite, Candidatus Aquarickettsia rohweri, gen. nov., sp. nov

(2019) J. Grace Klinges et al.   ISME Journal

A systems biology approach for studying Wolbachia metabolism reveals points of interaction with its host in the context of arboviral infection

(2019) Natalia E. Jiménez et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The phage gene wmk is a candidate for male killing by a bacterial endosymbiont

(2019) Jessamyn I. Perlmutter et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Peptidoglycan Production by an Insect-Bacterial Mosaic

(2019) DeAnna C. Bublitz et al.   CELL

The Jekyll and Hyde symbiont: could Wolbachia be a nutritional mutualist?

(2019) Irene L.G. Newton et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A Wolbachia nuclease and its binding partner provide a distinct mechanism for cytoplasmic incompatibility

(2019) Hongli Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genome analyses of a placozoan rickettsial endosymbiont show a combination of mutualistic and parasitic traits

(2019) Kai Kamm et al.   Scientific Reports

Rapid Global Spread of w Ri-like Wolbachia across Multiple Drosophila

(2018) Michael Turelli et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Evolutionary Genetics of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Genes cifA and cifB in Prophage WO of Wolbachia

(2018) Amelia R I Lindsey et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Modeling leaderless transcription and atypical genes results in more accurate gene prediction in prokaryotes

(2018) Alexandre Lomsadze et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

A gene transfer event suggests a long-term partnership between eustigmatophyte algae and a novel lineage of endosymbiotic bacteria

(2018) Tatiana Yurchenko et al.   ISME Journal

Assessing Cat Flea Microbiomes in Northern and Southern California by 16S rRNA Next-Generation Sequencing

(2018) Elton J.R. Vasconcelos et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Life Cycle, Ultrastructure, and Phylogeny of New Diplonemids and Their Endosymbiotic Bacteria

(2018) Daria Tashyreva et al.   mBio

Co-speciation in bedbug Wolbachia parallel the pattern in nematode hosts

(2018) Ondřej Balvín et al.   Scientific Reports

Trichoplax genomes reveal profound admixture and suggest stable wild populations without bisexual reproduction

(2018) Kai Kamm et al.   Scientific Reports

Long-read whole genome sequencing and comparative analysis of six strains of the human pathogen Orientia tsutsugamushi

(2018) Elizabeth M. Batty et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Investigating the Molecular Genetic Basis of Cytoplasmic Sex Determination Caused by Wolbachia Endosymbionts in Terrestrial Isopods

(2018) Myriam Badawi et al.   Genes

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

(2018) Zhen Zeng et al.   BMC GENOMICS

A Tangled Web: Origins of Reproductive Parasitism

(2018) Joseph J Gillespie et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Male-killing toxin in a bacterial symbiont of Drosophila

(2018) Toshiyuki Harumoto et al.   NATURE

The Thaumarchaeon N. gargensis carries functional bioABD genes and has a promiscuous E. coli ΔbioH-complementing esterase EstN1

(2018) Jennifer Chow et al.   Scientific Reports

Conjugative Transposons and Their Cargo Genes Vary across Natural Populations of Rickettsia buchneri Infecting the Tick Ixodes scapularis

(2018) Rachael Hagen et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The cellular phenotype of cytoplasmic incompatibility in Culex pipiens in the light of cidB diversity

(2018) Manon Bonneau et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Using Core Genome Alignments To Assign Bacterial Species

(2018) Matthew Chung et al.   mSystems

Legionella Becoming a Mutualist: Adaptive Processes Shaping the Genome of Symbiont in the Louse Polyplax serrata

(2017) Jana Říhová et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Prophage WO genes recapitulate and enhance Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility

(2017) Daniel P. LePage et al.   NATURE

The pimeloyl-CoA synthetase BioW defines a new fold for adenylate-forming enzymes

(2017) Paola Estrada et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

20 years of the SMART protein domain annotation resource

(2017) Ivica Letunic et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Cytological analysis of cytoplasmic incompatibility induced by Cardinium suggests convergent evolution with its distant cousin Wolbachia

(2017) Marco Gebiola et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Wholly Rickettsia ! Reconstructed Metabolic Profile of the Quintessential Bacterial Parasite of Eukaryotic Cells

(2017) Timothy P. Driscoll et al.   mBio

Genome comparisons indicate recent transfer of w Ri-like Wolbachia between sister species Drosophila suzukii and D. subpulchrella

(2017) William R. Conner et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Local introduction and heterogeneous spatial spread of dengue-suppressing Wolbachia through an urban population of Aedes aegypti

(2017) Tom L. Schmidt et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

A Wolbachia deubiquitylating enzyme induces cytoplasmic incompatibility

(2017) John F. Beckmann et al.   Nature Microbiology

The Biology and Ecology of Cat Fleas and Advancements in Their Pest Management: A Review

(2017) Michael Rust   Insects

Disentangling the Taxonomy of Rickettsiales and Description of Two Novel Symbionts (“Candidatus Bealeia paramacronuclearis” and “Candidatus Fokinia cryptica”) Sharing the Cytoplasm of the Ciliate Protist Paramecium biaurelia

(2016) Franziska Szokoli et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

An Atypical α/β-Hydrolase Fold Revealed in the Crystal Structure of Pimeloyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Methyl Esterase BioG from Haemophilus influenzae

(2016) Jie Shi et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

From microbiology to cell biology: when an intracellular bacterium becomes part of its host cell

(2016) John P McCutcheon   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Wolbachia in the Drosophila yakuba Complex: Pervasive Frequency Variation and Weak Cytoplasmic Incompatibility, but No Apparent Effect on Reproductive Isolation

(2016) Brandon S. Cooper et al.   GENETICS

The Molecular Basis for Ubiquitin and Ubiquitin-like Specificities in Bacterial Effector Proteases

(2016) Jonathan N. Pruneda et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Birth of a W sex chromosome by horizontal transfer ofWolbachiabacterial symbiont genome

(2016) Sébastien Leclercq et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structure of the EndoMS-DNA Complex as Mismatch Restriction Endonuclease

(2016) Setsu Nakae et al.   STRUCTURE

Wolbachia pipientis should not be split into multiple species: A response to Ramírez-Puebla et al., “Species in Wolbachia ? Proposal for the designation of ‘ Candidatus Wolbachia bourtzisii’, ‘ Candidatus Wolbachia onchocercicola’, ‘ Candidatus Wolbachia blaxteri’, ‘ Candidatus Wolbachia brugii’, ‘ Candidatus Wolbachia taylori’, ‘ Candidatus Wolbachia collembolicola’ and ‘ Candidatus Wolbachia multihospitum’ for the different species within Wolbachia supergroups”

(2016) Amelia R.I. Lindsey et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Rickettsia felis : The Complex Journey of an Emergent Human Pathogen

(2016) Emmanouil Angelakis et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Eukaryotic association module in phage WO genomes from Wolbachia

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

Wolbachia in the Drosophila yakuba Complex: Pervasive Frequency Variation and Weak Cytoplasmic Incompatibility, but No Apparent Effect on Reproductive Isolation

(2016) Brandon S. Cooper et al.   GENETICS

The rich somatic life ofWolbachia

(2016) Jose E. Pietri et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Breakdown of coevolution between symbiotic bacteriaWolbachiaand their filarial hosts

(2016) Emilie Lefoulon et al.   PeerJ

Comparative genomics provides a timeframe for Wolbachia evolution and exposes a recent biotin synthesis operon transfer

(2016) Michael Gerth et al.   Nature Microbiology

A Biotin Biosynthesis Gene Restricted to Helicobacter

(2016) Hongkai Bi et al.   Scientific Reports

Multiorganismal Insects: Diversity and Function of Resident Microorganisms

(2015) Angela E. Douglas   Annual Review of Entomology

IBS: an illustrator for the presentation and visualization of biological sequences: Fig. 1.

(2015) Wenzhong Liu et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

A R ickettsiales symbiont of amoebae with ancient features

(2015) Frederik Schulz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A Coxiella-Like Endosymbiont Is a Potential Vitamin Source for the Lone Star Tick

(2015) Todd A Smith et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The Wolbachia WO bacteriophage proteome in the Aedes albopictus C/wStr1 cell line: evidence for lytic activity?

(2015) Gerald D. Baldridge et al.   IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-ANIMAL

New Wolbachia supergroups detected in quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae)

(2015) Eliza Glowska et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Single-cell genomics of a rare environmental alphaproteobacterium provides unique insights into Rickettsiaceae evolution

(2015) Joran Martijn et al.   ISME Journal

Signatures of host/symbiont genome coevolution in insect nutritional endosymbioses

(2015) Alex C. C. Wilson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Species in Wolbachia? Proposal for the designation of ‘Candidatus Wolbachia bourtzisii’, ‘Candidatus Wolbachia onchocercicola’, ‘Candidatus Wolbachia blaxteri’, ‘Candidatus Wolbachia brugii’, ‘Candidatus Wolbachia taylori’, ‘Candidatus Wolbachia collembolicola’ and ‘Candidatus Wolbachia multihospitum’ for the different species within Wolbachia supergroups

(2015) Shamayim T. Ramírez-Puebla et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

The Phylogeny ofRickettsiaUsing Different Evolutionary Signatures: How Tree-Like is Bacterial Evolution?

(2015) Gemma G. R. Murray et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Riboflavin Provisioning Underlies Wolbachia's Fitness Contribution to Its Insect Host

(2015) M. Moriyama et al.   mBio

Reproductive Parasitism: Maternally Inherited Symbionts in a Biparental World

(2015) Gregory D.D. Hurst et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Morphological and molecular characterization of a sexually reproducing colony of the booklouse Liposcelis bostrychophila (Psocodea: Liposcelididae) found in Arizona

(2015) Qianqian Yang et al.   Scientific Reports

Genetic Diversity of the Invasive Gall Wasp Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and of its Rickettsia Endosymbiont, and Associated Sex-Ratio Differences

(2015) Francesco Nugnes et al.   PLoS One

High quality draft genome sequence and description of Occidentia massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Rickettsiaceae

(2015) Oleg Mediannikov et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies

(2014) Alexandros Stamatakis   BIOINFORMATICS

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

(2014) Roman Zug et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Genomic Diversification in Strains of Rickettsia felis Isolated from Different Arthropods

(2014) Joseph J. Gillespie et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Wolbachiado not live by reproductive manipulation alone: infection polymorphism inDrosophila suzukiiandD. subpulchrella

(2014) Christopher A. Hamm et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

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

Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

(2014) B. Misof et al.   SCIENCE

Diversity and evolution of theWolbachiaendosymbionts ofBemisia(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) whiteflies

(2014) Xiao-Li Bing et al.   Ecology and Evolution

The Evolution of Sex Ratio Distorter Suppression Affects a 25 cM Genomic Region in the Butterfly Hypolimnas bolina

(2014) Emily A. Hornett et al.   PLoS Genetics

Detection of Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia typhi, Bartonella Species and Yersinia pestis in Fleas (Siphonaptera) from Africa

(2014) Hamza Leulmi et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Recent genome reduction ofWolbachiainDrosophila recenstargets phage WO and narrows candidates for reproductive parasitism

(2014) Jason A. Metcalf et al.   PeerJ

“Candidatus Midichloriaceae” fam. nov. (Rickettsiales), an Ecologically Widespread Clade of Intracellular Alphaproteobacteria

(2013) Matteo Montagna et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Horizontal Gene Transfer from Diverse Bacteria to an Insect Genome Enables a Tripartite Nested Mealybug Symbiosis

(2013) Filip Husnik et al.   CELL

Bacterial DNA Sifted from the Trichoplax adhaerens (Animalia: Placozoa) Genome Project Reveals a Putative Rickettsial Endosymbiont

(2013) Timothy Driscoll et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Detection of the Wolbachia protein WPIP0282 in mosquito spermathecae: Implications for cytoplasmic incompatibility

(2013) John F. Beckmann et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The Endosymbiont Amoebophilus asiaticus Encodes an S-Adenosylmethionine Carrier That Compensates for Its Missing Methylation Cycle

(2013) I. Haferkamp et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Wolbachiaendosymbionts,Rickettsia felisandBartonellaspecies, inCtenocephalides felisfleas in a tropical region

(2013) S. T. Tay   JOURNAL OF VECTOR ECOLOGY

AFrancisellavirulence factor catalyses an essential reaction of biotin synthesis

(2013) Youjun Feng et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Fleas infesting pets in the era of emerging extra-intestinal nematodes

(2013) Donato Traversa   Parasites & Vectors

‘Candidatus Megaira polyxenophila’ gen. nov., sp. nov.: Considerations on Evolutionary History, Host Range and Shift of Early Divergent Rickettsiae

(2013) Martina Schrallhammer et al.   PLoS One

Molecular Detection of Rickettsia typhi in Cats and Fleas

(2013) Maria Mercedes Nogueras et al.   PLoS One

Polymorphic toxin systems: Comprehensive characterization of trafficking modes, processing, mechanisms of action, immunity and ecology using comparative genomics

(2012) Dapeng Zhang et al.   Biology Direct

Prophylactic treatment of flea-infested cats with an imidacloprid/flumethrin collar to forestall infection with Dipylidium caninum

(2012) Josephus J Fourie et al.   Parasites & Vectors

New insights into the ecology and biology of Acanthocheilonema reconditum (Grassi, 1889) causing canine subcutaneous filariosis

(2012) EMANUELE BRIANTI et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Uptake of Biotin by Chlamydia Spp. through the Use of a Bacterial Transporter (BioY) and a Host-Cell Transporter (SMVT)

(2012) Derek J. Fisher et al.   PLoS One

Remarkable Diversity in the Enzymes Catalyzing the Last Step in Synthesis of the Pimelate Moiety of Biotin

(2012) Madelyn M. Shapiro et al.   PLoS One

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

(2012) Thomas Penz et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

Closing in on complete pathways of biotin biosynthesis

(2011) Steven Lin et al.   Molecular BioSystems

Detection and Characterization of Wolbachia Infections in Natural Populations of Aphids: Is the Hidden Diversity Fully Unraveled?

(2011) Antonis A. Augustinos et al.   PLoS One

Rickettsia Symbionts Cause Parthenogenetic Reproduction in the Parasitoid Wasp Pnigalio soemius (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

(2010) M. Giorgini et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Discovery and identification of a male-killing agent in the Japanese ladybird Propylea japonica (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

(2010) Tamsin MO Majerus et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The bacterial essence of tiny symbiont genomes

(2010) John P McCutcheon   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Genome Comparison and Phylogenetic Analysis of Orientia tsutsugamushi Strains

(2010) K. Nakayama et al.   DNA RESEARCH

Biotin synthesis begins by hijacking the fatty acid synthetic pathway

(2010) Steven Lin et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Endosymbiont DNA in Endobacteria-Free Filarial Nematodes Indicates Ancient Horizontal Genetic Transfer

(2010) Samantha N. McNulty et al.   PLoS One

Functional and Evolutionary Insights from the Genomes of Three Parasitoid Nasonia Species

(2010) J. H. Werren et al.   SCIENCE

Bacterial Genes in the Aphid Genome: Absence of Functional Gene Transfer from Buchnera to Its Host

(2010) Naruo Nikoh et al.   PLoS Genetics

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(2009) S. Capella-Gutierrez et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Structure and function of a novel endonuclease acting on branched DNA substrates

(2009) Bin Ren et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

An endosymbiotic bacterium in a plant-parasitic nematode: Member of a new Wolbachia supergroup

(2009) Annelies Haegeman et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

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

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(2009) Lawrence A Kelley et al.   Nature Protocols

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

Longicorn beetle that vectors pinewood nematode carries many Wolbachia genes on an autosome

(2009) T. Aikawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Characterization and Growth of Polymorphic Rickettsia felis in a Tick Cell Line

(2008) P. Sunyakumthorn et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

How Diverse Is the Genus Wolbachia? Multiple-Gene Sequencing Reveals a Putatively New Wolbachia Supergroup Recovered from Spider Mites (Acari: Tetranychidae)

(2008) V. I. D. Ros et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2008) Olivier Duron et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

The RAST Server: Rapid Annotations using Subsystems Technology

(2008) Ramy K Aziz et al.   BMC GENOMICS

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

MODES OF ACQUISITION OFWOLBACHIA: HORIZONTAL TRANSFER, HYBRID INTROGRESSION, AND CODIVERGENCE IN THENASONIASPECIES COMPLEX

(2008) Rhitoban Raychoudhury et al.   EVOLUTION

How many species are infected with Wolbachia? – a statistical analysis of current data

(2008) Kirsten Hilgenboecker et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Wolbachia: master manipulators of invertebrate biology

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

Prevalence and Infection Load Dynamics of Rickettsia felis in Actively Feeding Cat Fleas

(2008) Kathryn E. Reif et al.   PLoS One