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Genome of the Parasitoid Wasp Diachasma alloeum, an Emerging Model for Ecological Speciation and Transitions to Asexual Reproduction

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Soft Rot Enterobacteriaceae Are Carried by a Large Range of Insect Species in Potato Fields

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Comparative genomics of 84 Pectobacterium genomes reveals the variations related to a pathogenic lifestyle

(2018) Xiaoying Li et al.   BMC GENOMICS

A plea for linguistic accuracy – also for Candidatus taxa

(2017) Aharon Oren   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

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(2017) William Sullivan   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

RefSeq: an update on prokaryotic genome annotation and curation

(2017) Daniel H Haft et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Riptortus pedestris and Burkholderia symbiont: an ideal model system for insect–microbe symbiotic associations

(2017) Kazutaka Takeshita et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Symbiont Acquisition and Replacement as a Source of Ecological Innovation

(2017) Sailendharan Sudakaran et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Unicycler: Resolving bacterial genome assemblies from short and long sequencing reads

(2017) Ryan R. Wick et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Molecular diversity of bacterial endosymbionts associated with dagger nematodes of the genusXiphinema(Nematoda: Longidoridae) reveals a high degree of phylogenetic congruence with their host

(2016) Juan E. Palomares-Rius et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

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(2016) Tatiana Tatusova et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Triatomine bugs, their microbiota and Trypanosoma cruzi: asymmetric responses of bacteria to an infected blood meal

(2016) Sebastián Díaz et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Repeated replacement of an intrabacterial symbiont in the tripartite nested mealybug symbiosis

(2016) Filip Husnik et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Novel Trypanosomatid-Bacterium Association: Evolution of Endosymbiosis in Action

(2016) Alexei Y. Kostygov et al.   mBio

Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome

(2016) Joshua B. Benoit et al.   Nature Communications

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Heritable symbiosis: The advantages and perils of an evolutionary rabbit hole

(2015) Gordon M. Bennett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An emerging example of tritrophic coevolution between flies (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) and nematodes (Nematoda: Neotylenchidae) on Myrtaceae host plants

(2014) Leigh A. Nelson et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

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

(2014) W-J Ma et al.   HEREDITY

Complete genome of a nonphotosynthetic cyanobacterium in a diatom reveals recent adaptations to an intracellular lifestyle

(2014) T. Nakayama et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

(2014) B. Misof et al.   SCIENCE

Phylogenetic Analysis of Entomoparasitic Nematodes, Potential Control Agents of Flea Populations in Natural Foci of Plague

(2014) E. I. Koshel et al.   Biomed Research International

Dynamics of the continent-wide spread of aDrosophiladefensive symbiont

(2013) Sarah N. Cockburn et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Genomics of Loa loa, a Wolbachia-free filarial parasite of humans

(2013) Christopher A Desjardins et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Identification of a Bacteria-Like Ferrochelatase in Strongyloides venezuelensis, an Animal Parasitic Nematode

(2013) Eiji Nagayasu et al.   PLoS One

Interdomain lateral gene transfer of an essential ferrochelatase gene in human parasitic nematodes

(2013) B. Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Diversity of Symbiotic Organs and Bacterial Endosymbionts of Lygaeoid Bugs of the Families Blissidae and Lygaeidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea)

(2012) Stefan Martin Kuechler et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

The morphology and biology of the entomophilicThripinema fuscum(Tylenchida: Allantonematidae), and the histopathological effects of parasitism on the hostFrankliniella fusca(Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

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A Novel Human-Infection-Derived Bacterium Provides Insights into the Evolutionary Origins of Mutualistic Insect–Bacterial Symbioses

(2012) Adam L. Clayton et al.   PLoS Genetics

Cultivation-Independent Methods Reveal Differences among Bacterial Gut Microbiota in Triatomine Vectors of Chagas Disease

(2012) Fabio Faria da Mota et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Characterization of an Obligate Intracellular Bacterium in the Midgut Epithelium of the Bulrush Bug Chilacis typhae (Heteroptera, Lygaeidae, Artheneinae)

(2011) Stefan Martin Kuechler et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Origin and Examination of a Leafhopper Facultative Endosymbiont

(2011) Patrick H. Degnan et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

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(2011) S. Denman et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

New Insights into the Evolution of Wolbachia Infections in Filarial Nematodes Inferred from a Large Range of Screened Species

(2011) Emanuele Ferri et al.   PLoS One

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(2011) B. M. Wiegmann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spheroid bodies in rhopalodiacean diatoms were derived from a single endosymbiotic cyanobacterium

(2010) Takuro Nakayama et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

progressiveMauve: Multiple Genome Alignment with Gene Gain, Loss and Rearrangement

(2010) Aaron E. Darling et al.   PLoS One

Adaptation via Symbiosis: Recent Spread of a Drosophila Defensive Symbiont

(2010) J. Jaenike et al.   SCIENCE

Prevalence of Cardinium Bacteria in Planthoppers and Spider Mites and Taxonomic Revision of "Candidatus Cardinium hertigii" Based on Detection of a New Cardinium Group from Biting Midges

(2009) Y. Nakamura et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Genomics and Evolution of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts

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

Symbiotic diversity in marine animals: the art of harnessing chemosynthesis

(2008) Nicole Dubilier et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY