Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

The paper investigates how Plasmodium vivax affects gut microbiota and immunity in Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes, finding that the parasite suppresses bacterial populations to evade immune responses.

The paper shows Wolbachia increases recombination in infected insect lineages in a dose-dependent manner, while another symbiont, Spiroplasma, does not.

The paper investigates the microbiome composition and diversity of fall armyworm larvae and adults in Kenya, identifying dominant bacterial phyla and differences between life stages.

The paper analyzes gene expression in the midgut bacteriocytes of a blood-sucking louse fly to understand host-symbiont interactions and finds differences in zinc usage and immunity mechanisms compared to other insects.

This study characterizes five metagenome-assembled bacterial genomes from Daphnia magna microbiota and identifies functions related to nutrient acquisition and immune evasion.

This study investigates pseudogene expression in Sodalis glossinidius using multi-omic approaches, revealing significant transcriptional activity and suggesting their role in evolutionary adaptation.

The paper identifies two distinct Acetobacteraceae clades in honey bees with diverging metabolic capabilities and ecological roles.

The paper detects and characterizes two Wolbachia variants in Argentinean Anastrepha fraterculus sp1, finding evidence of male-killing associated with one variant.

The paper validates a modified LAMP assay for rapid, sensitive, and specific detection of wAlbB Wolbachia infection in Aedes aegypti under field and lab conditions.

The paper investigates horizontal gene transfer in aphid symbionts, showing how B-vitamin biosynthesis genes are transferred between bacteria to establish new nutritional symbioses.

This study shows that the Drosophila facultative symbiont Lactobacillus plantarum buffers genetic variation under chronic under-nutrition, reducing phenotypic and gene expression variation.

The paper investigates whether heritable endosymbionts affect early embryo mRNA transcriptomes and finds no consistent influence, but detects rRNA depurination consistent with Ribosome Inactivating Proteins.

This study reports the first draft genomes of the ant Formica exsecta and its Wolbachia endosymbiont, revealing horizontal gene transfers from the endosymbiont to the host.

The paper reports the first complete genome of Mycoplasma from a scorpion, Mycoplasma vittatus, and describes its genomic features and phylogenetic placement.

The paper reports the complete genome sequence of Wolbachia wAlbB from Aedes albopictus using long-read sequencing, revealing new insights into its gene content and structure.

This study finds Wolbachia infection increases recombination in one genomic interval but not another in Drosophila, and is associated with higher fecundity.

The paper identifies a third bacterial symbiont in Cinara strobi aphids and shows that S. symbiotica has a highly eroded genome, suggesting ongoing symbiont replacement.

The paper models metabolic interactions among bacterial symbionts in whiteflies to understand their dependencies and exchanges in a host-simulated environment.

The paper identifies cifA as the gene responsible for rescuing cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila melanogaster, establishing a Two-by-One model for CI genetics.

The paper compares the midgut bacterial microbiome of geographically diverse Aedes aegypti colonies reared in the same insectary, finding they are similar, suggesting microbiota is environmentally determined.

The paper presents a genome-scale metabolic network for the cedar aphid's endosymbiotic consortium, confirming known metabolic complementation and identifying new pathway sharing, while exploring evolutionary mechanisms.

This paper develops a method to sequence single whitefly transcriptomes, revealing an eleven amino acid deletion in the NusG protein of the endosymbiont Portiera aleyrodidarum in field-collected specimens.