Wolbachia Endosymbionts of Fleas Occur in All Females but Rarely in Males and Do Not Show Evidence of Obligatory Relationships, Fitness Effects, or Sex-Distorting Manipulations

Coxiella-Like Endosymbiont of Rhipicephalus sanguineus Is Required for Physiological Processes During Ontogeny

(2020) Michael Ben-Yosef et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Bacterial symbionts support larval sap feeding and adult folivory in (semi-)aquatic reed beetles

(2020) Frank Reis et al.   Nature Communications

Effect of Arsenophonus Endosymbiont Elimination on Fitness of the Date Palm Hopper, Ommatissus lybicus (Hemiptera: Tropiduchidae)

(2019) Sarah Karimi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Life History Effects Linked to an Advantage for wAu Wolbachia in Drosophila

(2019) Li-Jun Cao et al.   Insects

A Wolbachia infection from Drosophila that causes cytoplasmic incompatibility despite low prevalence and densities in males

(2018) Kelly M. Richardson et al.   HEREDITY

High-sensitivity detection of cryptic Wolbachia in the African tsetse fly (Glossina spp.)

(2018) Daniela I Schneider et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Patterns and mechanisms in instances of endosymbiont-induced parthenogenesis

(2017) W.-J. Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

From endosymbionts to host communities: factors determining the reproductive success of arthropod vectors

(2017) Irit Messika et al.   OECOLOGIA

Comparison of fitness traits and their plasticity on multiple plants for Sitobion avenae infected and cured of a secondary endosymbiont

(2016) Da Wang et al.   Scientific Reports

Similarities and seasonal variations in bacterial communities from the blood of rodents and from their flea vectors

(2015) Carmit Cohen et al.   ISME Journal

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Novel evidence suggests that a ‘Rickettsia felis-like’ organism is an endosymbiont of the desert flea,Xenopsylla ramesis

(2015) Sabine Rzotkiewicz et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

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

Effects of Bartonella spp. on Flea Feeding and Reproductive Performance

(2013) Danny Morick et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A trade-off between quantity and quality of offspring in haematophagous ectoparasites: the effect of the level of specialization

(2013) Irina S. Khokhlova et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

The effect ofWolbachiaon the lifetime reproductive success of its insect host in the field

(2013) M. Segoli et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Wolbachiain the Malpighian Tubules: Evolutionary Dead-End or Adaptation?

(2013) VÍTOR G. FARIA et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Wolbachia-induced feminisation newly found in Eurema hecabe, a sibling species of Eurema mandarina (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

(2011) SATOKO NARITA et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Bacterial symbionts as mediators of ecologically important traits of insect hosts

(2011) HEIKE FELDHAAR   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria as biological control tools of disease vectors and pests

(2011) A. Ahantarig et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY

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

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

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

Costs and benefits of Wolbachia infection in immature Aedes albopictus depend upon sex and competition level

(2010) Laurent Gavotte et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Wolbachia as a bacteriocyte-associated nutritional mutualist

(2009) T. Hosokawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Wolbachia as populations within individual insects: causes and consequences of density variation in natural populations

(2009) R. L. Unckless et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evidence for Metabolic Provisioning by a Common Invertebrate Endosymbiont, Wolbachia pipientis, during Periods of Nutritional Stress

(2009) Jeremy C. Brownlie et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Genomics and Evolution of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts

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

"Candidatus Midichloria" Endosymbionts Bloom after the Blood Meal of the Host, the Hard Tick Ixodes ricinus

(2008) D. Sassera et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Wolbachia: master manipulators of invertebrate biology

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

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