The Rickettsia Endosymbiont of Ixodes pacificus Contains All the Genes of De Novo Folate Biosynthesis

Rickettsia buchneri sp. nov., a rickettsial endosymbiont of the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis

(2015) T. J. Kurtti et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Micronutrients in Pregnancy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

(2015) Ian Darnton-Hill et al.   Nutrients

Insects Recycle Endosymbionts when the Benefit Is Over

(2014) Aurélien Vigneron et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Genomic Diversification in Strains of Rickettsia felis Isolated from Different Arthropods

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

Genotyping, evolution and epidemiological findings of Rickettsia species

(2014) Vicky Merhej et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The Molecular Basis of Bacterial–Insect Symbiosis

(2014) Angela E. Douglas   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Ixodes pacificus Ticks Maintain Embryogenesis and Egg Hatching after Antibiotic Treatment of Rickettsia Endosymbiont

(2014) Andre H. Kurlovs et al.   PLoS One

Promiscuous and Adaptable Enzymes Fill "Holes" in the Tetrahydrofolate Pathway in Chlamydia Species

(2014) N. E. Adams et al.   mBio

Arthropods and inherited bacteria: from counting the symbionts to understanding how symbionts count

(2013) Olivier Duron et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Complete genome sequence of the endosymbiont Blattabacterium from the cockroach Nauphoeta cinerea (Blattodea: Blaberidae)

(2013) Srinivas Kambhampati et al.   GENOMICS

Host blood meal-dependent growth ensures transovarial transmission and transstadial passage of Rickettsia sp. phylotype G021 in the western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus)

(2013) Du Cheng et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Prevalence and burden of two rickettsial phylotypes (G021 and G022) in Ixodes pacificus from California by real-time quantitative PCR

(2013) Du Cheng et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Genome Sequence of Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis, the Agent of Israeli Spotted Fever

(2012) Erwin Sentausa et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Plant B Vitamin Pathways and their Compartmentation: a Guide for the Perplexed

(2012) Svetlana Gerdes et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Genome Economization in the Endosymbiont of the Wood Roach Cryptocercus punctulatus Due to Drastic Loss of Amino Acid Synthesis Capabilities

(2011) Alexander Neef 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

Folate (vitamin B9) and vitamin B12 and their function in the maintenance of nuclear and mitochondrial genome integrity

(2011) Michael Fenech   MUTATION RESEARCH-FUNDAMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF MUTAGENESIS

Aphid genome expression reveals host-symbiont cooperation in the production of amino acids

(2011) A. K. Hansen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular Detection and Identification of Rickettsia Species in Ixodes pacificus in California

(2011) Jimmy Ninh Phan et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Effects of dietary folic acid level and symbiotic folate production on fitness and development in the fruit flyDrosophilamelanogaster

(2010) Sydella Blatch et al.   FLY

Characterisation of the bifunctional dihydrofolate synthase–folylpolyglutamate synthase from Plasmodium falciparum; a potential novel target for antimalarial antifolate inhibition

(2010) Ping Wang et al.   MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY

Plant-ants feed their host plant, but above all a fungal symbiont to recycle nitrogen

(2010) E. Defossez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

6-Pyruvoyltetrahydropterin Synthase Paralogs Replace the Folate Synthesis Enzyme Dihydroneopterin Aldolase in Diverse Bacteria

(2009) A. Pribat et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

An atypical orthologue of 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase can provide the missing link in the folate biosynthesis pathway of malaria parasites

(2009) Sabine Dittrich et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Immunity and symbiosis

(2009) Roy Gross et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Convergent evolution of metabolic roles in bacterial co-symbionts of insects

(2009) J. P. McCutcheon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biochemical and structural characterization of the putative dihydropteroate synthase ortholog Rv1207 ofMycobacterium tuberculosis

(2008) Martin Gengenbacher et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Learning how to live together: genomic insights into prokaryote–animal symbioses

(2008) Andrés Moya et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Wolbachia: master manipulators of invertebrate biology

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