Widespread phages of endosymbionts: Phage WO genomics and the proposed taxonomic classification of Symbioviridae

DNA recombination and repair in Wolbachia: RecA and related proteins

(2021) Ann M. Fallon   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Living in the endosymbiotic world of Wolbachia: A centennial review

(2021) Rupinder Kaur et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

A Roadmap for Genome-Based Phage Taxonomy

(2021) Dann Turner et al.   Viruses-Basel

Forward genetics in Wolbachia: Regulation of Wolbachia proliferation by the amplification and deletion of an addictive genomic island

(2021) Elves H. Duarte et al.   PLoS Genetics

Group II intron as cold sensor for self-preservation and bacterial conjugation

(2020) Xiaolong Dong et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The new scope of virus taxonomy: partitioning the virosphere into 15 hierarchical ranks

(2020)   Nature 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

Bacterial ‘Grounded’ Prophages: Hotspots for Genetic Renovation and Innovation

(2019) Bhaskar Chandra Mohan Ramisetty et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

The Wolbachia mobilome in Culex pipiens includes a putative plasmid

(2019) Julie Reveillaud et al.   Nature Communications

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 Water Microbiome Through a Pilot Scale Advanced Treatment Facility for Direct Potable Reuse

(2019) Rose S. Kantor et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Comparative genomics groups phages of Negativicutes and classical Firmicutes despite different Gram‐staining properties

(2019) Chris M. Rands et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A Bacterial Phage Tail-like Structure Kills Eukaryotic Cells by Injecting a Nuclease Effector

(2019) Iara Rocchi et al.   Cell Reports

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

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

A Phage Protein Aids Bacterial Symbionts in Eukaryote Immune Evasion

(2019) Martin T. Jahn et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

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

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

Phage-inducible chromosomal islands are ubiquitous within the bacterial universe

(2018) Alfred Fillol-Salom et al.   ISME Journal

One prophage WO gene rescues cytoplasmic incompatibility inDrosophila melanogaster

(2018) J. Dylan Shropshire et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Comparative Genomic Analysis of Holospora spp., Intranuclear Symbionts of Paramecia

(2018) Sofya K. Garushyants et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The reconstruction of 2,631 draft metagenome-assembled genomes from the global oceans

(2018) Benjamin J. Tully et al.   Scientific Data

A Tangled Web: Origins of Reproductive Parasitism

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

Peptidoglycan in obligate intracellular bacteria

(2017) Christian Otten et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Prophage WO genes recapitulate and enhance Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility

(2017) Daniel P. LePage et al.   NATURE

Virus taxonomy in the age of metagenomics

(2017) Peter Simmonds et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The chromosomal organization of horizontal gene transfer in bacteria

(2017) Pedro H. Oliveira et al.   Nature Communications

The Genomic Architecture of Novel Simulium damnosum Wolbachia Prophage Sequence Elements and Implications for Onchocerciasis Epidemiology

(2017) James L. Crainey et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

A Wolbachia deubiquitylating enzyme induces cytoplasmic incompatibility

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

Comparative Genomics of Two Closely RelatedWolbachiawith Different Reproductive Effects on Hosts

(2016) Irene L.G. Newton et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Eukaryotic association module in phage WO genomes from Wolbachia

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

Intensity of Mutualism Breakdown Is Determined by Temperature Not Amplification of Wolbachia Genes

(2016) Chelsie E. Rohrscheib et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Microbial Dysbiosis: Rethinking Disease in Marine Ecosystems

(2016) Suhelen Egan et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Mycobacteriophage D29 holin C-terminal region functionally assists in holin aggregation and bacterial cell death

(2015) Soumya Kamilla et al.   FEBS Journal

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

Dynamics of Wolbachia pipientis Gene Expression Across the Drosophila melanogaster Life Cycle

(2015) Florence Gutzwiller et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Mutualism Breakdown by Amplification of Wolbachia Genes

(2015) Ewa Chrostek et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Phage-Inducible Chromosomal Islands: A Family of Highly Evolved Molecular Parasites

(2015) José R. Penadés et al.   Annual Review of Virology

Draft genome sequences of threeHolosporaspecies (Holospora obtusa,Holospora undulata, andHolospora elegans), endonuclear symbiotic bacteria of the ciliateParamecium caudatum

(2014) Hideo Dohra et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Pervasive domestication of defective prophages by bacteria

(2014) L.-M. Bobay et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Understanding Anaplasmataceae pathogenesis using “Omics” approaches

(2014) Ludovic Pruneau et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

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

(2014) Jason A. Metcalf et al.   PeerJ

Draft genome sequence of the male-killing Wolbachia strain wBol1 reveals recent horizontal gene transfers from diverse sources

(2013) Anne Duplouy et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Genomic Evolution of the Pathogenic Wolbachia Strain, wMelPop

(2013) Megan Woolfit et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Pfam: the protein families database

(2013) Robert D. Finn et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The Diversity and Evolution of Wolbachia Ankyrin Repeat Domain Genes

(2013) Stefanos Siozios et al.   PLoS One

Wolbachia Variants Induce Differential Protection to Viruses in Drosophila melanogaster: A Phenotypic and Phylogenomic Analysis

(2013) Ewa Chrostek et al.   PLoS Genetics

Tandem repeat markers as novel diagnostic tools for high resolution fingerprinting of Wolbachia

(2012) Markus Riegler et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

The Adaptation of Temperate Bacteriophages to Their Host Genomes

(2012) Louis-Marie Bobay et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

ProtTest 3: fast selection of best-fit models of protein evolution

(2011) Diego Darriba et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

The bacteriophage WORiC is the active phage element in wRi of Drosophila simulans and represents a conserved class of WO phages

(2011) Jennifer A Biliske et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Short- and Long-term Evolutionary Dynamics of Bacterial Insertion Sequences: Insights from Wolbachia Endosymbionts

(2011) Nicolas Cerveau et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Complete Bacteriophage Transfer in a Bacterial Endosymbiont (Wolbachia) Determined by Targeted Genome Capture

(2011) Bethany N. Kent et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

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

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

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

Temperature Affects the Tripartite Interactions between Bacteriophage WO, Wolbachia, and Cytoplasmic Incompatibility

(2011) Sarah R. Bordenstein et al.   PLoS One

Correlations Between Bacterial Ecology and Mobile DNA

(2010) Irene L. G. Newton et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Functional test of the influence of Wolbachia genes on cytoplasmic incompatibility expression in Drosophila melanogaster

(2010) R. Yamada et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Functional Characterization of a Phospholipase A2 Homolog from Rickettsia typhi

(2010) M. S. Rahman et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Wolbachia endosymbiont as an anti-filarial nematode target

(2010) Barton E. Slatko et al.   SYMBIOSIS

Phage WO of Wolbachia: lambda of the endosymbiont world

(2010) Bethany N. Kent et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Complete WO Phage Sequences Reveal Their Dynamic Evolutionary Trajectories and Putative Functional Elements Required for Integration into the Wolbachia Genome

(2009) K. Tanaka et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Horizontal gene transfer between Wolbachia and the mosquito Aedes aegypti

(2009) Lisa Klasson et al.   BMC GENOMICS

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

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

Genome Evolution of Wolbachia Strain wPip from the Culex pipiens Group

(2008) L. Klasson et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Wolbachia: master manipulators of invertebrate biology

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