An aphid symbiont confers protection against a specialized RNA virus, another increases vulnerability to the same pathogen

The Antiviral Effects of the Symbiont Bacteria Wolbachia in Insects

(2021) André C. Pimentel et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

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

Evolutionary genomics of APSE: a tailed phage that lysogenically converts the bacterium Hamiltonella defensa into a heritable protective symbiont of aphids

(2021) Bret M. Boyd et al.   Virology Journal

The protector within: Comparative genomics of APSE phages across aphids reveals rampant recombination and diverse toxin arsenals

(2020) Jeff Rouïl et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Warmer nights offer no respite for a defensive mutualism

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

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

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

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

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

(2019) Hugo Mathé‐Hubert et al.   EVOLUTION

Bacteriophage acquisition restores protective mutualism

(2019) Nicole L. Lynn-Bell et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

A symbiotic virus facilitates aphid adaptation to host plants by suppressing jasmonic acid responses

(2019) Hong Lu et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Virus mediated trophic interactions between aphids and their natural enemies

(2019) Corentin Dupont et al.   OIKOS

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

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

Establishment of Wolbachia Strain wAlbB in Malaysian Populations of Aedes aegypti for Dengue Control

(2019) Wasi A. Nazni et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Minimap2: pairwise alignment for nucleotide sequences

(2018) Heng Li   BIOINFORMATICS

Culture-Facilitated Comparative Genomics of the Facultative Symbiont Hamiltonella defensa

(2018) Germain Chevignon et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Conflict in the Intracellular Lives of Endosymbionts and Viruses: A Mechanistic Look at Wolbachia-Mediated Pathogen-blocking

(2018) Amelia Lindsey et al.   Viruses-Basel

Wolbachia enhances insect-specific flavivirus infection in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

(2018) Hilaria E. Amuzu et al.   Ecology and Evolution

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

Nine facultative endosymbionts in aphids. A review

(2017) Jianqing Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIA-PACIFIC ENTOMOLOGY

Costs and benefits of sublethal Drosophila C virus infection

(2017) V. Gupta et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

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

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

Culture of an aphid heritable symbiont demonstrates its direct role in defence against parasitoids

(2017) Jayce W. Brandt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Nine facultative endosymbionts in aphids. A review

(2017) Jianqing Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIA-PACIFIC ENTOMOLOGY

Wolbachia -mediated virus blocking in the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti

(2017) Gerard Terradas et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Symbionts modify interactions between insects and natural enemies in the field

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

The negative effects of pathogen-infected prey on predators: a meta-analysis

(2016) Andrew J. Flick et al.   OIKOS

Aphis Glycines Virus 2, a Novel Insect Virus with a Unique Genome Structure

(2016) Sijun Liu et al.   Viruses-Basel

The rich somatic life ofWolbachia

(2016) Jose E. Pietri et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Imperfection works: Survival, transmission and persistence in the system of Heliothis virescens ascovirus 3h (HvAV-3h), Microplitis similis and Spodoptera exigua

(2016) Shun-Ji Li et al.   Scientific Reports

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

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

Plants, viruses and the environment: Ecology and mutualism

(2015) Marilyn J. Roossinck   VIROLOGY

Effect of nucleopolyhedrovirus infection ofSpodoptera lituralarvae on host discrimination byMicroplitis pallidipes

(2014) Jie-Xian Jiang et al.   BIOCONTROL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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

How resident microbes modulate ecologically-important traits of insects

(2014) Kerry M Oliver et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

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

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

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

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(2013)   Insect Science

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

Uncovering symbiont-driven genetic diversity across North American pea aphids

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

Effects of parasitism on aphid nutritional and protective symbioses

(2013) Adam J. Martinez et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

aLeaves facilitates on-demand exploration of metazoan gene family trees on MAFFT sequence alignment server with enhanced interactivity

(2013) Shigehiro Kuraku et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Parasitoids as vectors of facultative bacterial endosymbionts in aphids

(2012) L. Gehrer et al.   Biology Letters

Parasitic wasp responses to symbiont-based defense in aphids

(2012) Kerry M Oliver et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Wolbachiain a major African crop pest increases susceptibility to viral disease rather than protects

(2012) Robert I. Graham et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Phage loss and the breakdown of a defensive symbiosis in aphids

(2012) S. R. Weldon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Development, specificity and sublethal effects of symbiont-conferred resistance to parasitoids in aphids

(2011) Maike Schmid et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Rapid evolution of parasitoids when faced with the symbiont-mediated resistance of their hosts

(2011) E. DION et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Only helpful when required: a longevity cost of harbouring defensive symbionts

(2011) C. VORBURGER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Aphids as transport devices for plant viruses

(2010) Véronique Brault et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0

(2010) Stéphane Guindon et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

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

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

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

Densovirus induces winged morphs in asexual clones of the rosy apple aphid, Dysaphis plantaginea

(2009) E. V. Ryabov et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacteriophages Encode Factors Required for Protection in a Symbiotic Mutualism

(2009) K. M. Oliver et al.   SCIENCE

Infection with an insect virus affects olfactory behaviour and interactions with host plant and natural enemies in an aphid

(2008) Liping Ban et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Wolbachia and Virus Protection in Insects

(2008) L. M. Hedges et al.   SCIENCE

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