“Candidatus Fokinia solitaria”, a Novel “Stand-Alone” Symbiotic Lineage of Midichloriaceae (Rickettsiales)

Single-cell genomics of a rare environmental alphaproteobacterium provides unique insights into Rickettsiaceae evolution

(2015) Joran Martijn et al.   ISME Journal

High quality draft genome sequence and description of Occidentia massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Rickettsiaceae

(2015) Oleg Mediannikov et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

Extensive diversity of Rickettsiales bacteria in two species of ticks from China and the evolution of the Rickettsiales

(2014) Yan-Jun Kang et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Uniting the classification of cultured and uncultured bacteria and archaea using 16S rRNA gene sequences

(2014) Pablo Yarza et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

A rickettsial endosymbiont inhabiting the cytoplasm ofVolvox carteri(Volvocales, Chlorophyceae)

(2014) Kaoru Kawafune et al.   PHYCOLOGIA

Flagellar Movement in Two Bacteria of the Family Rickettsiaceae: A Re-Evaluation of Motility in an Evolutionary Perspective

(2014) Claudia Vannini et al.   PLoS One

Phylogenomic Reconstruction Indicates Mitochondrial Ancestor Was an Energy Parasite

(2014) Zhang Wang et al.   PLoS One

“Candidatus Midichloriaceae” fam. nov. (Rickettsiales), an Ecologically Widespread Clade of Intracellular Alphaproteobacteria

(2013) Matteo Montagna et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The natural alternative: protozoa as cellular models forLegionellainfection

(2013) Christine Hoffmann et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Human health implications of clinically relevant bacteria in wastewater habitats

(2013) Ana Rita Varela et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Hard ticks and their bacterial endosymbionts (or would be pathogens)

(2013) Arunee Ahantarig et al.   FOLIA MICROBIOLOGICA

Bacterial DNA Sifted from the Trichoplax adhaerens (Animalia: Placozoa) Genome Project Reveals a Putative Rickettsial Endosymbiont

(2013) Timothy Driscoll et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

“Candidatus Defluviella procrastinata” and “Candidatus Cyrtobacter zanobii”, Two Novel Ciliate Endosymbionts Belonging to the “Midichloria Clade”

(2013) Vittorio Boscaro et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Microbial communities and symbionts in the hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae) from north China

(2013) Li-Meng Liu et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Molecular and serological evidence for the circulation of the tick symbiont Midichloria (Rickettsiales: Midichloriaceae) in different mammalian species

(2013) Chiara Bazzocchi et al.   Parasites & Vectors

‘Candidatus Megaira polyxenophila’ gen. nov., sp. nov.: Considerations on Evolutionary History, Host Range and Shift of Early Divergent Rickettsiae

(2013) Martina Schrallhammer et al.   PLoS One

New rRNA Gene-Based Phylogenies of the Alphaproteobacteria Provide Perspective on Major Groups, Mitochondrial Ancestry and Phylogenetic Instability

(2013) Matteo P. Ferla et al.   PLoS One

Bacterial Endosymbiosis in a Chordate Host: Long-Term Co-Evolution and Conservation of Secondary Metabolism

(2013) Jason C. Kwan et al.   PLoS One

Permanent residents or temporary lodgers: characterizing intracellular bacterial communities in the siphonous green alga Bryopsis

(2013) J. Hollants et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Rediscovering the genus Lyticum, multiflagellated symbionts of the order Rickettsiales

(2013) Vittorio Boscaro et al.   Scientific Reports

Humans parasitized by the hard tickIxodes ricinusare seropositive toMidichloria mitochondrii: isMidichloriaa novel pathogen, or just a marker of tick bite?

(2013) Mara Mariconti et al.   Pathogens and Global Health

Novel Clade of Alphaproteobacterial Endosymbionts Associated with Stinkbugs and Other Arthropods

(2012) Yu Matsuura et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Presence, genetic variability, and potential significance of “Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii” in the lone star tick Amblyomma americanum

(2012) Amanda Jo Williams-Newkirk et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

The Revised Classification of Eukaryotes

(2012) Sina M. Adl et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Revised Systematics of Holospora-Like Bacteria and Characterization of “Candidatus Gortzia infectiva”, a Novel Macronuclear Symbiont of Paramecium jenningsi

(2012) Vittorio Boscaro et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Prison Break: Pathogens' Strategies To Egress from Host Cells

(2012) Nikolas Friedrich et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

jModelTest 2: more models, new heuristics and parallel computing

(2012) Diego Darriba et al.   NATURE METHODS

The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools

(2012) Christian Quast et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Molecular Identification of Rickettsial Endosymbionts in the Non-Phagotrophic Volvocalean Green Algae

(2012) Kaoru Kawafune et al.   PLoS One

Ectobiotic and Endobiotic Bacteria Associated with Eutreptiella sp. Isolated from Long Island Sound

(2012) Rita C. Kuo et al.   PROTIST

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

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Multiple tick-associated bacteria in Ixodes ricinus from Slovakia

(2012) Geetha Subramanian et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Autophagy in protists

(2011) Michael Duszenko et al.   Autophagy

Autophagy: for better or for worse

(2011) Ellen Wirawan et al.   CELL RESEARCH

Thermal performance curves of Paramecium caudatum: A model selection approach

(2011) Sascha Krenek et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY

Phylogenomic Evidence for the Presence of a Flagellum and cbb3 Oxidase in the Free-Living Mitochondrial Ancestor

(2011) D. Sassera et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Phylogenomic Analysis of Odyssella thessalonicensis Fortifies the Common Origin of Rickettsiales, Pelagibacter ubique and Reclimonas americana Mitochondrion

(2011) Kalliopi Georgiades et al.   PLoS One

Novel genotypes of Anaplasma bovis, “Candidatus Midichloria” sp. and Ignatzschineria sp. in the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni

(2011) Shaun J. Dergousoff et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Legionellaspp. outdoors: colonization, communication and persistence

(2011) Hubert Hilbi et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

"Candidatus Anadelfobacter veles" and "Candidatus Cyrtobacter comes," Two New Rickettsiales Species Hosted by the Protist Ciliate Euplotes harpa (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea)

(2010) C. Vannini et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular detection of Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma bovis, Anaplasma platys, Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii and Babesia canis vogeli in ticks from Israel

(2010) S. Harrus et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Complex array of endobionts in Petalomonas sphagnophila, a large heterotrophic euglenid protist from Sphagnum-dominated peatlands

(2010) Eunsoo Kim et al.   ISME Journal

Detection of a Novel Subspecies of Francisella noatunensis as Endosymbiont of the Ciliate Euplotes raikovi

(2010) Martina Schrallhammer et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Threatened Corals Provide Underexplored Microbial Habitats

(2010) Shinichi Sunagawa et al.   PLoS One

Endosymbiotic Bacteria in the Parasitic Ciliate Ichthyophthirius multifiliis

(2009) H. Y. Sun et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evolution and diversity of Rickettsia bacteria

(2009) Lucy A Weinert et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Autophagy, Immunity, and Microbial Adaptations

(2009) Vojo Deretic et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Detection of a new bacterium related to ‘Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii’ in bed bugs

(2009) S. Richard et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Bacterial diversity and White Plague Disease-associated community changes in the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata

(2009) Shinichi Sunagawa et al.   ISME Journal

“CandidatusCryptoprodotis polytropus,” A NovelRickettsia-Like Organism in the Ciliated ProtistPseudomicrothorax dubius(Ciliophora, Nassophorea)

(2009) FILIPPO FERRANTINI et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial Communities Associated With Flea Vectors of Plague

(2009) David L. Erickson et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Actin-Based Mechanism of Holospora obtusa Trafficking in Paramecium caudatum

(2009) Elena V. Sabaneyeva et al.   PROTIST

“Candidatus Paraholospora nucleivisitans”, an intracellular bacterium in Paramecium sexaurelia shuttles between the cytoplasm and the nucleus of its host

(2009) Erik Eschbach et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Strawberry disease lesions in rainbow trout from southern Idaho are associated with DNA from a Rickettsia-like organism

(2008) SJ Lloyd et al.   DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Diversity of Ixodes ricinus tick-associated bacterial communities from different forests

(2008) Leo Van Overbeek et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Emerging and re-emerging rickettsioses: endothelial cell infection and early disease events

(2008) David H. Walker et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The Ribosomal Database Project: improved alignments and new tools for rRNA analysis

(2008) J. R. Cole et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Midichloria mitochondrii is widespread in hard ticks (Ixodidae) and resides in the mitochondria of phylogenetically diverse species

(2008) S. EPIS et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Molecular identification of Anaplasma marginale and rickettsial endosymbionts in blood-sucking flies (Diptera: Tabanidae, Muscidae) and hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

(2008) Sándor Hornok et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY