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An exceptional family: Ophiocordyceps -allied fungus dominates the microbiome of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccidae)

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Multiple origins of interdependent endosymbiotic complexes in a genus of cicadas

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

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Oocyte Vitellogenesis Triggers the Entry of Yeast-Like Symbionts Into the Oocyte of Brown Planthopper (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)

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From microbiology to cell biology: when an intracellular bacterium becomes part of its host cell

(2016) John P McCutcheon   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Buchnera has changed flatmate but the repeated replacement of co-obligate symbionts is not associated with the ecological expansions of their aphid hosts

(2016) A. S. Meseguer et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

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

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(2016) Takahiro Hosokawa et al.   Nature Microbiology

Recurrent evolution of gut symbiotic bacteria in pentatomid stinkbugs

(2016) Takahiro Hosokawa et al.   Zoological Letters

Multiorganismal Insects: Diversity and Function of Resident Microorganisms

(2015) Angela E. Douglas   Annual Review of Entomology

Genomic Analysis of an Ascomycete Fungus from the Rice Planthopper Reveals How It Adapts to an Endosymbiotic Lifestyle

(2015) Hai-Wei Fan et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Defensive symbioses of animals with prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms

(2015) Laura V. Flórez et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

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

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Ultrabithoraxis essential for bacteriocyte development

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Genome expansion via lineage splitting and genome reduction in the cicada endosymbiontHodgkinia

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Sulcia symbiont of the leafhopper Macrosteles laevis (Ribaut, 1927) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) harbors Arsenophonus bacteria

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The Tiniest Tiny Genomes

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Sympatric Speciation in a Bacterial Endosymbiont Results in Two Genomes with the Functionality of One

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Swapping symbionts in spittlebugs: evolutionary replacement of a reduced genome symbiont

(2014) Ryuichi Koga et al.   ISME Journal

Phylogenetic analysis of symbionts in feather-feeding lice of the genus Columbicola: evidence for repeated symbiont replacements

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Evolutionary replacement of obligate symbionts in an ancient and diverse insect lineage

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

Functional and Evolutionary Analysis of the Genome of an Obligate Fungal Symbiont

(2013) Kevin J. Vogel et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

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

Diversification of endosymbiosis: replacements, co-speciation and promiscuity of bacteriocyte symbionts in weevils

(2013) Hirokazu Toju et al.   ISME Journal

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Cellular mechanism for selective vertical transmission of an obligate insect symbiont at the bacteriocyte-embryo interface

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Evolutionary transitions in bacterial symbiosis

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(2010) John P McCutcheon   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Functional Convergence in Reduced Genomes of Bacterial Symbionts Spanning 200 My of Evolution

(2010) John P. McCutcheon et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

A complex journey: transmission of microbial symbionts

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

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

The microbial dimension in insect nutritional ecology

(2009) A. E. Douglas   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Convergent evolution of metabolic roles in bacterial co-symbionts of insects

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Origin of an Alternative Genetic Code in the Extremely Small and GC–Rich Genome of a Bacterial Symbiont

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Genomics and Evolution of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts

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Medicinal Value of the Caterpillar Fungi Species of the Genus Cordyceps (Fr.) Link (Ascomycetes). A Review

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Multiple symbiosis in the leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): Details of transovarial transmission of Cardinium sp. and yeast-like endosymbionts

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