Horizontal transfer of facultative endosymbionts is limited by host relatedness

Insect life history and the evolution of bacterial mutualism

(2015) Lee M. Henry et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Two Host Clades, Two Bacterial Arsenals: Evolution through Gene Losses in Facultative Endosymbionts

(2015) Pierre-Antoine Rollat-Farnier et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Can maternally inherited endosymbionts adapt to a novel host? Direct costs of Spiroplasma infection, but not vertical transmission efficiency, evolve rapidly after horizontal transfer into D. melanogaster

(2015) S Nakayama et al.   HEREDITY

Macroevolutionary persistence of heritable endosymbionts: acquisition, retention and expression of adaptive phenotypes inSpiroplasma

(2015) Tamara S. Haselkorn et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

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

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

Symbiont-conferred protection against Hymenopteran parasitoids in aphids: how general is it?

(2014) LUIS CAYETANO et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Specialisation of bacterial endosymbionts that protect aphids from parasitoids

(2014) MARK K. ASPLEN et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Symbionts Commonly Provide Broad Spectrum Resistance to Viruses in Insects: A Comparative Analysis of Wolbachia Strains

(2014) Julien Martinez et al.   PLoS Pathogens

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

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

Reconstructing the phylogeny of aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) using DNA of the obligate symbiont Buchnera aphidicola

(2013) Eva Nováková et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The diversity and fitness effects of infection with facultative endosymbionts in the grain aphid, Sitobion avenae

(2013) Piotr Łukasik et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

INFECTIOUS ADAPTATION: POTENTIAL HOST RANGE OF A DEFENSIVE ENDOSYMBIONT INDROSOPHILA

(2012) Tamara S. Haselkorn et al.   EVOLUTION

Strong specificity in the interaction between parasitoids and symbiont-protected hosts

(2012) R. Rouchet et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

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

Grain aphid clones vary in frost resistance, but this trait is not influenced by facultative endosymbionts

(2011) PIOTR ŁUKASIK et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

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

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

Characterisation of immune responses in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2011) Alice M. Laughton et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND 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

Horizontal transmission of the insect symbiont Rickettsia is plant-mediated

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

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

Host Phylogeny Determines Viral Persistence and Replication in Novel Hosts

(2011) Ben Longdon et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Defensive endosymbionts: a cryptic trophic level in community ecology

(2010) John Jaenike et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Interspecific transmission of a male-killing bacterium on an ecological timescale

(2010) Olivier Duron et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A complex journey: transmission of microbial symbionts

(2010) Monika Bright et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Adaptation via Symbiosis: Recent Spread of a Drosophila Defensive Symbiont

(2010) J. Jaenike et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2010) Stéphane Guindon et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Immunity and other defenses in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2010) Nicole M Gerardo et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

A strain of the bacterial symbiont Regiella insecticola protects aphids against parasitoids

(2009) C. Vorburger et al.   Biology Letters

GENOTYPIC VARIATION AND THE ROLE OF DEFENSIVE ENDOSYMBIONTS IN AN ALL-PARTHENOGENETIC HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION

(2009) Christoph Vorburger et al.   EVOLUTION

Multiple introductions of theSpiroplasmabacterial endosymbiont intoDrosophila

(2009) TAMARA S. HASELKORN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Species identification of aphids (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae) through DNA barcodes

(2009) R. G. FOOTTIT et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Bacteriophages Encode Factors Required for Protection in a Symbiotic Mutualism

(2009) K. M. Oliver et al.   SCIENCE

Genomics and Evolution of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts

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

SPECIALIZATION AND GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION AMONGWOLBACHIASYMBIONTS FROM ANTS AND LYCAENID BUTTERFLIES

(2008) Jacob A. Russell et al.   EVOLUTION

Stochastic spread of Wolbachia

(2008) V. A.A Jansen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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