Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

The paper identifies a mealybug with three endosymbionts, one contributing only two genes to produce a single essential nutrient, chorismate, highlighting extreme genome reduction in endosymbionts.

The paper analyzes the microbiome of Aphalara itadori, a biocontrol agent, and related psyllid species, identifying symbiotic bacteria and assessing their potential ecological impact.

This study identifies parasitism as the main route of intertropical Wolbachia transmission, showing evidence of bidirectional transfers between parasitoid wasps and their hosts.

The paper examines genome erosion in Blattabacterium symbionts of soil-burrowing cockroaches, finding repeated gene inactivation linked to host transitions to an underground lifestyle.

This study characterizes the microbiome and Wolbachia strains of Aedes albopictus in Spain and Sao Tome, revealing shared and distinct bacterial genera and dual Wolbachia infections.

The paper identifies two Wolbachia proteins associated with parthenogenesis induction, showing structural homology to eukaryotic factors and functional effects in yeast.

This study examines the genome evolution and transmission patterns of Spiroplasma endosymbionts in Morpho butterflies, revealing genome size inflation, horizontal gene transfer, and contrasting transmission dynamics between sympatric species.

This study determines the Paleocene origin of a symbiotic relationship between Cassidinae leaf beetles and their bacterial symbiont, showing how the symbiont enhances digestive capabilities and promotes host diversification.

The paper examines how bacterial diversity in herbivorous insects changes with habitat degradation and finds that diversity increases while community composition remains stable.

This study identifies an extracellular symbiont, Stammera, that colonizes insect embryos before hatching, challenging the notion that extracellular microbes are only acquired post-hatching.

This study identifies a facultative endosymbiotic relationship between methanogenic archaea and cellulolytic protists in termite gut, showing genomic and ecological adaptations to their symbiotic lifestyle.

The paper identifies multiple independent acquisitions of lagriamide-producing Burkholderia symbionts in Lagriinae beetles, showing genome erosion and lack of host-symbiont co-diversification.

The paper shows that B vitamin supplementation during mosquito larval development affects adult sex ratio, with female enrichment, and identifies sex-specific toxicity and nutritional requirements.

This study investigates Wolbachia's effect on ZIKV infection in Ae. aegypti using transcriptomics and viral sequencing, finding no clear transcriptional profile or evidence of ZIKV escape.

This study identifies key yeast and bacterial species affecting Drosophila larval growth and shows their functional roles in gene regulation and metabolism.

The paper analyzes microbiomes of springtails using genome sequences to test for phylosymbiosis and environmental filtering, finding no evidence of either.

The paper uses transcriptomic meta-analysis of Diptera-Wolbachia systems to identify gene targets and mechanisms that may affect the sustainability of arboviral control strategies.

The paper sequenced three Haementeria leech symbiont genomes, finding conserved B vitamin pathways and an alternative genetic code in one species.

The paper presents genome assemblies of bacterial pathogens and endosymbionts from Ctenocephalides fleas using metagenomics and culture isolation, revealing genomic diversity and features associated with host interactions.

The paper sequenced and analyzed the genomes of two endosymbiotic bacteria in planthoppers, revealing independent evolutionary origins and genomic rearrangements that challenge previous assumptions about their shared ancestry.

The paper shows that dual symbioses have evolved at least six times in aphids, with secondary co-obligate symbionts typically evolving from facultative taxa and varying in nutrient contributions.

This study identifies two independent origins of filarial Wolbachia in supergroup F and shows convergent loss of bacterioferritin in filarial Wolbachia.

The paper examines gene expression coordination between host and endosymbiont during the life cycle of the cereal weevil, identifying shared regulatory functions involved in symbiosis dynamics.

The paper develops a Snakemake pipeline called MINUUR to recover metagenomic data from Aedes aegypti genomic datasets, identifying bacterial MAGs and confirming known microbiome symbionts.

This paper uses an evolutionary algorithm to model the emergence of Wolbachia toxin-antidote protein functions and identifies how different sequence features evolve under selective pressures.

The paper analyzes bacterial endosymbionts in spiders, reconstructing their genomes and showing their evolutionary relationships and interactions with the host.

The paper develops a biosensor in the honey bee gut bacterium to detect IPTG exposure through fluorescent protein expression, enabling non-invasive fecal sampling.

This study models toxin-antidote gene drives using Wolbachia's CifA and CifB genes, finding they can create confined drives with varying introduction thresholds and persistence depending on ecological factors.