Frequent Drivers, Occasional Passengers: Signals of Symbiont-Driven Seasonal Adaptation and Hitchhiking in the Pea Aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

Genetic identity and genotype × genotype interactions between symbionts outweigh species level effects in an insect microbiome

(2021) Melanie R. Smee et al.   ISME Journal

A new symbiotic lineage related to Neisseria and Snodgrassella arises from the dynamic and diverse microbiomes in sucking lice

(2021) Jana Říhová et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Competitive history shapes rapid evolution in a seasonal climate

(2021) Tess Nahanni Grainger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Benefits and costs of hosting facultative symbionts in plant‐sucking insects: A meta‐analysis

(2021) Sharon E. Zytynska et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Does getting defensive get you anywhere?—Seasonal balancing selection, temperature, and parasitoids shape real‐world, protective endosymbiont dynamics in the pea aphid

(2021) Andrew H. Smith et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Intraspecific variation in immune gene expression and heritable symbiont density

(2021) Holly L. Nichols et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A large genomic insertion containing a duplicated follistatin gene is linked to the pea aphid male wing dimorphism

(2020) Binshuang Li et al.   eLife

Warmer nights offer no respite for a defensive mutualism

(2020) Clesson H. V. Higashi et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Host plant resistance promotes a secondary pest population

(2020) Cory S. Straub et al.   Ecosphere

Self-perpetuating ecological–evolutionary dynamics in an agricultural host–parasite system

(2020) Anthony R. Ives et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Aphid Facultative Symbionts Aid Recovery of Their Obligate Symbiont and Their Host After Heat Stress

(2020) Eleanor R. Heyworth et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Environmental and Genetic Contributions to Imperfect wMel-Like Wolbachia Transmission and Frequency Variation

(2020) Michael T. J. Hague et al.   GENETICS

Multiple phenotypes conferred by a single insect symbiont are independent

(2020) A. H. C. McLean et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Latitudinal trend in the reproductive mode of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum invading a wide climatic range

(2020) Sebastián I. Martel et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Endosymbionts facilitate rapid evolution in a polyphagous herbivore

(2020) Paul A. Lenhart et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Evolutionary costs and benefits of infection with diverse strains of Spiroplasma in pea aphids

(2019) Hugo Mathé‐Hubert et al.   EVOLUTION

Transmission of a Protease-Secreting Bacterial Symbiont Among Pea Aphids via Host Plants

(2019) Marisa Skaljac et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Nonrandom associations of maternally transmitted symbionts in insects: The roles of drift versus biased cotransmission and selection

(2019) Hugo Mathé‐Hubert et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Wolbachia supplement biotin and riboflavin to enhance reproduction in planthoppers

(2019) Jia-Fei Ju et al.   ISME Journal

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

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

Obligate bacterial endosymbionts limit thermal tolerance of insect host species

(2019) Bo Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

More Is Not Always Better: Coinfections with Defensive Symbionts Generate Highly Variable Outcomes

(2019) S. R. Weldon et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid seasonal evolution in innate immunity of wild Drosophila melanogaster

(2018) Emily L. Behrman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Feminizing Wolbachia influence microbiota composition in the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare

(2018) Jessica Dittmer et al.   Scientific Reports

Variations on a protective theme: Hamiltonella defensa infections in aphids variably impact parasitoid success

(2018) Kerry M Oliver et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Genotype specificity among hosts, pathogens, and beneficial microbes influences the strength of symbiont-mediated protection

(2017) Benjamin J. Parker et al.   EVOLUTION

Consequences of symbiont co-infections for insect host phenotypes

(2017) Ailsa H. C. McLean et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Multi-modal defences in aphids offer redundant protection and increased costs likely impeding a protective mutualism

(2017) Adam J. Martinez et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Breakdown of a defensive symbiosis, but not endogenous defences, at elevated temperatures

(2017) Matthew R. Doremus et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Context-dependent vertical transmission shapes strong endosymbiont community structure in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2017) Danielle I. Rock et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Wolbachia infection alters the relative abundance of resident bacteria in adult Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, but not larvae

(2017) Michelle D. Audsley 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

Symbiont Acquisition and Replacement as a Source of Ecological Innovation

(2017) Sailendharan Sudakaran et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Symbionts protect aphids from parasitic wasps by attenuating herbivore-induced plant volatiles

(2017) Enric Frago et al.   Nature Communications

The evolution of host-symbiont dependence

(2017) Roberta M. Fisher et al.   Nature Communications

Evidence of indirect symbiont conferred protection against the predatory lady beetle Harmonia axyridis in the pea aphid

(2017) Jennifer L. Kovacs et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Symbionts in waiting: the dynamics of incipient endosymbiont complementation and replacement in minimal bacterial communities of psyllids

(2017) Jennifer L. Morrow et al.   Microbiome

Bacterial endosymbionts protect aphids in the field and alter parasitoid community composition

(2016) Lukas Rothacher et al.   ECOLOGY

Persistence of aWolbachiainfection frequency cline inDrosophila melanogasterand the possible role of reproductive dormancy

(2016) Peter Kriesner et al.   EVOLUTION

Reinventing the Wheel and Making It Round Again: Evolutionary Convergence inBuchnera–SerratiaSymbiotic Consortia between the Distantly Related Lachninae AphidsTuberolachnus salignusandCinara cedri

(2016) Alejandro Manzano-Marín et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Heritable symbionts in a world of varying temperature

(2016) C Corbin et al.   HEREDITY

Symbionts modify interactions between insects and natural enemies in the field

(2016) Jan Hrček et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

The hitchhiker's guide to Europe: the infection dynamics of an ongoing Wolbachia invasion and mitochondrial selective sweep in Rhagoletis cerasi

(2016) Hannes Schuler et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Buchnera has changed flatmate but the repeated replacement of co-obligate symbionts is not associated with the ecological expansions of their aphid hosts

(2016) A. S. Meseguer et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Multiorganismal Insects: Diversity and Function of Resident Microorganisms

(2015) Angela E. Douglas   Annual Review of Entomology

The natural occurrence of secondary bacterial symbionts in aphids

(2015) SHARON E. ZYTYNSKA et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

A facultative endosymbiont in aphids can provide diverse ecological benefits

(2015) E. R. Heyworth et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Patterns, causes and consequences of defensive microbiome dynamics across multiple scales

(2015) Andrew H. Smith et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Infection prevalence of Sodalis symbionts among stinkbugs

(2015) Takahiro Hosokawa et al.   Zoological Letters

Cheaper is not always worse: strongly protective isolates of a defensive symbiont are less costly to the aphid host

(2014) L. Cayetano et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Seasonal changes in predator community switch the direction of selection for prey defences

(2014) Johanna Mappes et al.   Nature Communications

Phylogenomic analyses uncover origin and spread of the Wolbachia pandemic

(2014) Michael Gerth et al.   Nature Communications

Genomic Evidence of Rapid and Stable Adaptive Oscillations over Seasonal Time Scales in Drosophila

(2014) Alan O. Bergland et al.   PLoS Genetics

Variations in the identity and complexity of endosymbiont combinations in whitefly hosts

(2014) Einat Zchori-Fein et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Aphid facultative symbionts reduce survival of the predatory lady beetle Hippodamia convergens

(2014) Kelly Costopoulos et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Symbiont-Mediated Protection against Fungal Pathogens in Pea Aphids: a Role for Pathogen Specificity?

(2013) Benjamin J. Parker et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Horizontally Transmitted Symbionts and Host Colonization of Ecological Niches

(2013) Lee M. Henry et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Dynamics of the continent-wide spread of aDrosophiladefensive symbiont

(2013) Sarah N. Cockburn et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Defensive symbiosis in the real world - advancing ecological studies of heritable, protective bacteria in aphids and beyond

(2013) Kerry M. Oliver et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Male killing Spiroplasma protects Drosophila melanogaster against two parasitoid wasps

(2013) J Xie et al.   HEREDITY

Protection against a fungal pathogen conferred by the aphid facultative endosymbiontsRickettsiaandSpiroplasmais expressed in multiple host genotypes and species and is not influenced by co-infection with another symbiont

(2013) P. Łukasik et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Evidence for a recent horizontal transmission and spatial spread ofWolbachiafrom endemicRhagoletis cerasi(Diptera: Tephritidae) to invasiveRhagoletis cingulatain Europe

(2013) Hannes Schuler et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Uncovering symbiont-driven genetic diversity across North American pea aphids

(2013) Jacob A. Russell et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The impact of microbial symbionts on host plant utilization by herbivorous insects

(2013) Allison K. Hansen et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Rapid Sequential Spread of Two Wolbachia Variants in Drosophila simulans

(2013) Peter Kriesner et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Parasitoids as vectors of facultative bacterial endosymbionts in aphids

(2012) L. Gehrer et al.   Biology Letters

Unrelated facultative endosymbionts protect aphids against a fungal pathogen

(2012) Piotr Łukasik et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Prevalence of the symbiont Cardinium in Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) vector species is associated with land surface temperature

(2012) Neta Morag et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

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

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

Bacterial symbionts as mediators of ecologically important traits of insect hosts

(2011) HEIKE FELDHAAR   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE AND SECONDARY SYMBIONTS IN HOST-ASSOCIATED POPULATIONS OF THE PEA APHID COMPLEX

(2011) Julia Ferrari et al.   EVOLUTION

Bacterial symbionts in insects or the story of communities affecting communities

(2011) J. Ferrari et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Facultative Symbiont Infections Affect Aphid Reproduction

(2011) Jean-Christophe Simon et al.   PLoS One

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

Population genetics of beneficial heritable symbionts

(2011) John Jaenike   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Dynamics of a Recurrent Buchnera Mutation That Affects Thermal Tolerance of Pea Aphid Hosts

(2010) Gaelen R. Burke et al.   GENETICS

Superinfection of cytoplasmic incompatibility-inducing Wolbachia is not additive in Orius strigicollis (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae)

(2010) M Watanabe et al.   HEREDITY

Diversity and infection prevalence of endosymbionts in natural populations of the chestnut weevil: relevance of local climate and host plants

(2010) HIROKAZU TOJU et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Effects of bacterial secondary symbionts on host plant use in pea aphids

(2010) A. H. C. McLean et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Adaptation via Symbiosis: Recent Spread of a Drosophila Defensive Symbiont

(2010) J. Jaenike et al.   SCIENCE

Lateral Transfer of Genes from Fungi Underlies Carotenoid Production in Aphids

(2010) N. A. Moran et al.   SCIENCE

Population dynamics of a maternally-transmitted Spiroplasma infection in Drosophila hydei

(2010) Ryu Osaka et al.   SYMBIOSIS

Facultative Symbionts in Aphids and the Horizontal Transfer of Ecologically Important Traits

(2009) Kerry M. Oliver et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Evolution and diversity of Rickettsia bacteria

(2009) Lucy A Weinert et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

One nutritional symbiosis begat another: Phylogenetic evidence that the ant tribe Camponotini acquired Blochmannia by tending sap-feeding insects

(2009) Jennifer J Wernegreen et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The joint evolutionary histories of Wolbachia and mitochondria in Hypolimnas bolina

(2009) Sylvain Charlat et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The microbial dimension in insect nutritional ecology

(2009) A. E. Douglas   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Impact of environmental stress on aphid clonal resistance to parasitoids: Role of Hamiltonella defensa bacterial symbiosis in association with a new facultative symbiont of the pea aphid

(2009) Jean-Frédéric Guay et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

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

Species Response to Environmental Change: Impacts of Food Web Interactions and Evolution

(2009) J. P. Harmon et al.   SCIENCE

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

Negative Effects of Low Temperatures on the Vertical Transmission and Infection Density of a Spiroplasma Endosymbiont in Drosophila hydei

(2008) Ryu Osaka et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

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

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

Wolbachia: master manipulators of invertebrate biology

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

The Bacterial Symbiont Wolbachia Induces Resistance to RNA Viral Infections in Drosophila melanogaster

(2008) Luís Teixeira et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Population dynamics of defensive symbionts in aphids

(2007) K. M Oliver et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES