Genome expansion of an obligate parthenogenesis-associated Wolbachia poses an exception to the symbiont reduction model

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

Prophage WO genes recapitulate and enhance Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility

(2017) Daniel P. LePage et al.   NATURE

The evolution of host-symbiont dependence

(2017) Roberta M. Fisher et al.   Nature Communications

A Wolbachia deubiquitylating enzyme induces cytoplasmic incompatibility

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

Gene Family Evolution Reflects Adaptation to Soil Environmental Stressors in the Genome of the CollembolanOrchesella cincta

(2016) Anna Faddeeva-Vakhrusheva et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Comparative Genomics of Two Closely RelatedWolbachiawith Different Reproductive Effects on Hosts

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

PHASTER: a better, faster version of the PHAST phage search tool

(2016) David Arndt et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Birth of a W sex chromosome by horizontal transfer ofWolbachiabacterial symbiont genome

(2016) Sébastien Leclercq et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Eukaryotic association module in phage WO genomes from Wolbachia

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

Genomic evidence for plant-parasitic nematodes as the earliest Wolbachia hosts

(2016) Amanda M. V. Brown et al.   Scientific Reports

Comparative Genomics of a Parthenogenesis-Inducing Wolbachia Symbiont

(2016) Amelia R. I. Lindsey et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

The genome of Onchocerca volvulus, agent of river blindness

(2016) James A. Cotton et al.   Nature Microbiology

BUSCO: assessing genome assembly and annotation completeness with single-copy orthologs

(2015) Felipe A. Simão et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Diploid males support a two-step mechanism of endosymbiont-induced thelytoky in a parasitoid wasp

(2015) Wen-Juan Ma et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Supergroup CWolbachia, mutualist symbionts of filarial nematodes, have a distinct genome structure

(2015) Francesco Comandatore et al.   Open Biology

The Tiniest Tiny Genomes

(2014) Nancy A. Moran et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

InterProScan 5: genome-scale protein function classification

(2014) P. Jones et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Comparative genome analysis of Wolbachia strain wAu

(2014) Elizabeth R Sutton et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Genetics of decayed sexual traits in a parasitoid wasp with endosymbiont-induced asexuality

(2014) W-J Ma et al.   HEREDITY

A widespread bacteriophage abortive infection system functions through a Type IV toxin–antitoxin mechanism

(2014) Ron L. Dy et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Evolutionary origin of insect-Wolbachia nutritional mutualism

(2014) N. Nikoh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phylogenomic analyses uncover origin and spread of the Wolbachia pandemic

(2014) Michael Gerth et al.   Nature Communications

Iron Necessity: The Secret of Wolbachia's Success?

(2014) Alessandra Christina Gill et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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

Small, Smaller, Smallest: The Origins and Evolution of Ancient Dual Symbioses in a Phloem-Feeding Insect

(2013) Gordon M. Bennett et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Nonhybrid, finished microbial genome assemblies from long-read SMRT sequencing data

(2013) Chen-Shan Chin et al.   NATURE METHODS

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

The genome of Mesobuthus martensii reveals a unique adaptation model of arthropods

(2013) Zhijian Cao et al.   Nature Communications

Comparative Genomics of Wolbachia and the Bacterial Species Concept

(2013) Kirsten Maren Ellegaard et al.   PLoS Genetics

Mapping single molecule sequencing reads using basic local alignment with successive refinement (BLASR): application and theory

(2012) Mark J Chaisson et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Ecological interactions drive evolutionary loss of traits

(2012) Jacintha Ellers et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Analysis of gene expression from the Wolbachia genome of a filarial nematode supports both metabolic and defensive roles within the symbiosis

(2012) A. C. Darby et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

MCScanX: a toolkit for detection and evolutionary analysis of gene synteny and collinearity

(2012) Y. Wang et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

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

Mind the Gap: Upgrading Genomes with Pacific Biosciences RS Long-Read Sequencing Technology

(2012) Adam C. English et al.   PLoS One

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

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

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

A framework for variation discovery and genotyping using next-generation DNA sequencing data

(2011) Mark A DePristo et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Extreme genome reduction in symbiotic bacteria

(2011) John P. McCutcheon et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

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

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

The impact of endosymbionts on the evolution of host sex-determination mechanisms

(2011) Richard Cordaux et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Prodigal: prokaryotic gene recognition and translation initiation site identification

(2010) Doug Hyatt et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

GenePRIMP: a gene prediction improvement pipeline for prokaryotic genomes

(2010) Amrita Pati et al.   NATURE METHODS

Phage WO of Wolbachia: lambda of the endosymbiont world

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

DIYA: a bacterial annotation pipeline for any genomics lab

(2009) Andrew C. Stewart et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Fast and accurate short read alignment with Burrows-Wheeler transform

(2009) H. Li et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Antibiotic treatment leads to the elimination of Wolbachia endosymbionts and sterility in the diplodiploid collembolan Folsomia candida

(2009) Nathan Pike et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

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

Genomics and Evolution of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts

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

Infection by Wolbachia: from passengers to residents

(2008) Hervé Merçot et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

Wolbachia endosymbiont is essential for egg hatching in a parthenogenetic arthropod

(2008) Martijn J. T. N. Timmermans et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

How many species are infected with Wolbachia? – a statistical analysis of current data

(2008) Kirsten Hilgenboecker et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Multiple Rescue Factors Within a Wolbachia Strain

(2008) S. Zabalou et al.   GENETICS

Genome Evolution of Wolbachia Strain wPip from the Culex pipiens Group

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