Accessing the Hidden Microbial Diversity of Aphids: an Illustration of How Culture-Dependent Methods Can Be Used to Decipher the Insect Microbiota

Gut microbial communities of social bees

(2016) Waldan K. Kwong et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Environmental Transmission of the Gut Symbiont Burkholderia to Phloem-Feeding Blissus insularis

(2016) Yao Xu et al.   PLoS One

Bacteria may enhance species association in an ant–aphid mutualistic relationship

(2015) Christophe Y. Fischer et al.   CHEMOECOLOGY

The Rebirth of Culture in Microbiology through the Example of Culturomics To Study Human Gut Microbiota

(2015) Jean-Christophe Lagier et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Burkholderia of Plant-Beneficial Group are Symbiotically Associated with Bordered Plant Bugs (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoroidea: Largidae)

(2015) Kazutaka Takeshita et al.   MICROBES AND ENVIRONMENTS

The Recent Evolution of a Maternally-Inherited Endosymbiont of Ticks Led to the Emergence of the Q Fever Pathogen, Coxiella burnetii

(2015) Olivier Duron et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Bacterial Communities Associated with Host-Adapted Populations of Pea Aphids Revealed by Deep Sequencing of 16S Ribosomal DNA

(2015) Jean-Pierre Gauthier et al.   PLoS One

Infection Dynamic of Symbiotic Bacteria in the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum Gut and Host Immune Response at the Early Steps in the Infection Process

(2015) François Renoz et al.   PLoS One

Diversity of Bacterial Symbionts in Populations ofSitobion miscanthi(Hemiptera: Aphididae) in China

(2014) T. Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Genome Degeneration and Adaptation in a Nascent Stage of Symbiosis

(2014) Kelly F. Oakeson et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Gryllotalpicola reticulitermitis sp. nov., isolated from a termite gut

(2014) H. Fang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

The Role of Abiotic Environmental Conditions and Herbivory in Shaping Bacterial Community Composition in Floral Nectar

(2014) Michal Samuni-Blank et al.   PLoS One

Rosenbergiella australoborealis sp. nov., Rosenbergiella collisarenosi sp. nov. and Rosenbergiella epipactidis sp. nov., three novel bacterial species isolated from floral nectar

(2014) Marijke Lenaerts et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Aphid facultative symbionts reduce survival of the predatory lady beetle Hippodamia convergens

(2014) Kelly Costopoulos et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Phenotypic Effect of “Candidatus Rickettsiella viridis,” a Facultative Symbiont of the Pea Aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum), and Its Interaction with a Coexisting Symbiont

(2013) Tsutomu Tsuchida et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

How Conserved Are the Bacterial Communities Associated With Aphids? A Detailed Assessment of the Brevicoryne brassicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Using 16S rDNA

(2013) E. L. Clark et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Rosenbergiella nectarea gen. nov., sp. nov., in the family Enterobacteriaceae, isolated from floral nectar

(2013) M. Halpern et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Protection against a fungal pathogen conferred by the aphid facultative endosymbiontsRickettsiaandSpiroplasmais expressed in multiple host genotypes and species and is not influenced by co-infection with another symbiont

(2013) P. Łukasik et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The bacterial communities in plant phloem-sap-feeding insects

(2013) Xiangfeng Jing et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Proteomic Investigation of Aphid Honeydew Reveals an Unexpected Diversity of Proteins

(2013) Ahmed Sabri et al.   PLoS One

Gut bacteria facilitate adaptation to crop rotation in the western corn rootworm

(2013) C.-C. Chu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences

(2013) Margaret McFall-Ngai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cattle tick-associated bacteria exert anti-biofilm and anti-Tritrichomonas foetus activities

(2013) K.R. Zimmer et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Novel Clade of Alphaproteobacterial Endosymbionts Associated with Stinkbugs and Other Arthropods

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

Microbial culturomics: paradigm shift in the human gut microbiome study

(2012) J.-C. Lagier et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Detection and characterization of bacterial symbionts in the Heteropteran,Blissus insularis

(2012) Drion G. Boucias et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Non-pathogenic rhizobacteria interfere with the attraction of parasitoids to aphid-induced plant volatiles via jasmonic acid signalling

(2012) ANA PINEDA et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Dickeya dadantii, a Plant Pathogenic Bacterium Producing Cyt-Like Entomotoxins, Causes Septicemia in the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2012) Denis Costechareyre et al.   PLoS One

The Cellular Immune Response of the Pea Aphid to Foreign Intrusion and Symbiotic Challenge

(2012) Antonin Schmitz et al.   PLoS One

Symbiont-mediated insecticide resistance

(2012) Y. Kikuchi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Midgut Microbiota of the Malaria Mosquito Vector Anopheles gambiae and Interactions with Plasmodium falciparum Infection

(2012) Anne Boissière et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Bacterial Communities of Two Parthenogenetic Aphid Species Cocolonizing Two Host Plants across the Hawaiian Islands

(2011) Ryan T. Jones et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Massive Genomic Decay in Serratia symbiotica, a Recently Evolved Symbiont of Aphids

(2011) Gaelen R. Burke et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Gryllotalpicola gen. nov., with descriptions of Gryllotalpicola koreensis sp. nov., Gryllotalpicola daejeonensis sp. nov. and Gryllotalpicola kribbensis sp. nov. from the gut of the African mole cricket, Gryllotalpa africana, and reclassification of Curtobacterium ginsengisoli as Gryllotalpicola ginsengisoli comb. nov.

(2011) H. Kim et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Horizontal transmission of the insect symbiont Rickettsia is plant-mediated

(2011) A. Caspi-Fluger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

From Commensal to Pathogen: Translocation of Enterococcus faecalis from the Midgut to the Hemocoel of Manduca sexta

(2011) K. L. Mason et al.   mBio

Microorganisms from aphid honeydew attract and enhance the efficacy of natural enemies

(2011) Pascal D. Leroy et al.   Nature Communications

Genomic insight into the amino acid relations of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, with its symbiotic bacterium Buchnera aphidicola

(2010) A. C. C. Wilson et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Isolation, pure culture and characterization of Serratia symbiotica sp. nov., the R-type of secondary endosymbiont of the black bean aphid Aphis fabae

(2010) A. Sabri et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

A complex journey: transmission of microbial symbionts

(2010) Monika Bright et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Pathogenesis, parasitism and mutualism in the trophic space of microbe–plant interactions

(2010) Adrian C. Newton et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Helping plants to deal with insects: the role of beneficial soil-borne microbes

(2010) Ana Pineda et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

The evolution of animals and plants via symbiosis with microorganisms

(2010) Eugene Rosenberg et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Immunity and other defenses in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2010) Nicole M Gerardo et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Facultative Symbionts in Aphids and the Horizontal Transfer of Ecologically Important Traits

(2009) Kerry M. Oliver et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Pea Aphid as both Host and Vector for the Phytopathogenic Bacterium Pseudomonas syringae

(2009) J. Stavrinides et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Plant Growth-Promoting and Rhizosphere-Competent Acinetobacter rhizosphaerae Strain BIHB 723 from the Cold Deserts of the Himalayas

(2009) Arvind Gulati et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

A single genetic locus in the phytopathogenPantoea stewartiienables gut colonization and pathogenicity in an insect host

(2009) John Stavrinides et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Effects of facultative symbionts and heat stress on the metabolome of pea aphids

(2009) Gaelen Burke et al.   ISME Journal

Hamiltonella defensa, genome evolution of protective bacterial endosymbiont from pathogenic ancestors

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

Actinobacteria as mutualists: general healthcare for insects?

(2009) Martin Kaltenpoth   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

The Striking Case of Tryptophan Provision in the Cedar Aphid Cinara cedri

(2008) M. J. Gosalbes et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Characterization of bacterial symbionts in Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), Western flower thrips

(2008) Lisa Chanbusarakum et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

The microbial flora of Aphis gossypii: Patterns across host plants and geographical space

(2008) Adriana J. Najar-Rodríguez et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Parasitism and Mutualism in Wolbachia: What the Phylogenomic Trees Can and Cannot Say

(2008) S. R. Bordenstein et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION