Culture of an aphid heritable symbiont demonstrates its direct role in defence against parasitoids

The natural occurrence of secondary bacterial symbionts in aphids

(2015) SHARON E. ZYTYNSKA et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Insect life history and the evolution of bacterial mutualism

(2015) Lee M. Henry et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Facultative endosymbionts mediate dietary breadth in a polyphagous herbivore

(2015) Steven M. Wagner et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

A facultative endosymbiont in aphids can provide diverse ecological benefits

(2015) E. R. Heyworth et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Patterns, causes and consequences of defensive microbiome dynamics across multiple scales

(2015) Andrew H. Smith et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

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

Evidence for specificity in symbiont-conferred protection against parasitoids

(2015) Ailsa H. C. McLean et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Aphid-encoded variability in susceptibility to a parasitoid

(2014) Adam J Martinez et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Specialisation of bacterial endosymbionts that protect aphids from parasitoids

(2014) MARK K. ASPLEN et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

How resident microbes modulate ecologically-important traits of insects

(2014) Kerry M Oliver et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Horizontally Transmitted Symbionts and Host Colonization of Ecological Niches

(2013) Lee M. Henry et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Defensive symbiosis in the real world - advancing ecological studies of heritable, protective bacteria in aphids and beyond

(2013) Kerry M. Oliver et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Uncovering symbiont-driven genetic diversity across North American pea aphids

(2013) Jacob A. Russell et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Effects of parasitism on aphid nutritional and protective symbioses

(2013) Adam J. Martinez et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Mutualistic Polydnaviruses Share Essential Replication Gene Functions with Pathogenic Ancestors

(2013) Gaelen R. Burke et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Parasitic wasp responses to symbiont-based defense in aphids

(2012) Kerry M Oliver et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

The complexity of virus systems: the case of endosymbionts

(2012) Jason A Metcalf et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Unrelated facultative endosymbionts protect aphids against a fungal pathogen

(2012) Piotr Łukasik et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

Development, specificity and sublethal effects of symbiont-conferred resistance to parasitoids in aphids

(2011) Maike Schmid et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Characterisation of immune responses in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2011) Alice M. Laughton et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

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

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

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

A strain of the bacterial symbiont Regiella insecticola protects aphids against parasitoids

(2009) C. Vorburger et al.   Biology Letters

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

Bacteriophages Encode Factors Required for Protection in a Symbiotic Mutualism

(2009) K. M. Oliver et al.   SCIENCE

Genomics and Evolution of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts

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

Diverse Phage-Encoded Toxins in a Protective Insect Endosymbiont

(2008) P. H. Degnan et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Population dynamics of defensive symbionts in aphids

(2007) K. M Oliver et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES