"Wolbachia" at the Encyclopedia of Life The Wolbachia Project at Vanderbilt University Images of Wolbachia (CS1 maint: location ... Wolbachia, especially Wolbachia-caused cytoplasmic incompatibility, may be important in promoting speciation. Wolbachia strains ... Wolbachia also transfers genes to the host. A nearly complete copy of the Wolbachia genome sequence was found within the genome ... The effect of Wolbachia infection on virus replication in insect hosts is complex and depends on the Wolbachia strain and virus ...

... Wolbachia can reduce viral loads upon infection, and is explored as a mechanism of controlling viral diseases (e.g. ... These endosymbionts can act as reproductive manipulators, such as cytoplasmic incompatibility induced by Wolbachia or male- ... July 2015). Goodrich-Blair H (ed.). "Wolbachia Influences the Production of Octopamine and Affects Drosophila Male Aggression ... Drosophila species also harbour vertically transmitted endosymbionts, such as Wolbachia and Spiroplasma. ...

Wolbachia sp., Rickettsia sp., and Babesia sp. in Southern Germany". International Journal of Medical Microbiology. Proceedings ...

In such cases the Wolbachia are necessary to the survival of the parasitic worms. Elimination of Wolbachia from these filarial ... It inhibits division of Wolbachia and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, turning them into a long "filament" shape as they grow and ... Since Brugia malayi relies on symbiotic Wolbachia, this would mean that albendazole is targeting both the worm and its ... ISBN 978-0-7020-7190-4. Landmann F (March 2019). Cossart P, Roy CR, Sansonetti P (eds.). "The Wolbachia Endosymbionts". ...

Wolbachia, a genus of inherited bacteria common in insects, are known to alter the sex ratio in arthropods and mites. The sex ... It is not known whether the intracellular endosymbiont bacterium Wolbachia is responsible for the alteration in reproductive ... Werren JH, Baldo L, Clark ME (2008). "Wolbachia: master manipulators of invertebrate biology". Nature Reviews Microbiology. 6 ( ...

Wolbachia species have been found to be endosymbionts of O. volvulus adults and microfilariae, and are thought to be the ... Research on other antibiotics, such as rifampicin, has shown it to be effective in animal models at reducing Wolbachia both as ... For the treatment of individuals, doxycycline is used to kill the Wolbachia bacteria that live in adult worms. This adjunct ... The antibiotic doxycycline weakens the worms by killing an associated bacterium, Wolbachia, and is recommended by some as well ...

Wolbachia, a bacterium, was also mentioned. Peeps was nominated for the 2006 Andre Norton Award, bestowed in May 2007. It was ...

However, in some areas, such as Gabon and Uganda, Wolbachia endosymbionts have not been detected in the microfilariae of M. ... Such lateral gene transfer has occurred in various geographic isolates of B. malayi, in which a fraction of the Wolbachia ... Most current studies are focused on coinfection of M. perstans with other filarial parasites, and the study of Wolbachia ... Taylor MJ, Bandi C, Hoerauf A (2005). "Wolbachia bacterial endosymbionts of filarial nematodes". Advances in Parasitology. 60: ...

Wolbachia are endosymbiotic bacteria that live inside the gut of the parasites responsible for lymphatic filariasis, and ... The disease itself is a result of a complex interplay between several factors: the worm, the endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria ... Taylor MJ, Hoerauf A, Townson S, Slatko BE, Ward SA (2014). "Anti-Wolbachia drug discovery and development: safe ... "Wolbachia Bacterial Endosymbionts of Filarial Nematodes". Advances in Parasitology. Vol. 60. Elsevier. pp. 245-84. doi:10.1016/ ...

Another genus of well-known Rickettsiales is the Wolbachia, which infect about two-thirds of all arthropods and nearly all ... Werren JH, Baldo L, Clark ME (2008). "Wolbachia: master manipulators of invertebrate biology". Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 6 (10): 741 ...

Arthropod infection with Wolbachia can cause sterility and inhibit the transmission of vector-borne diseases. Ecology portal A ... Wolbachia species are common insect endosymbionts and investigation into this species has yielded potential human health ... This relationship between Asobara tabida wasps and Wolbachia is an important model for insect microbiome study. Women who are ... Slatko, Barton E.; Luck, Ashley N.; Dobson, Stephen L.; Foster, Jeremy M. (2014-07-01). "Wolbachia endosymbionts and human ...

Zimmer, Carl (2001). "Wolbachia: a tale of sex and survival". Science. 292 (5519): 1093-1095. doi:10.1126/science.292.5519.1093 ... In many arthropods, sex is determined by infection with parasitic, endosymbiotic bacteria of the genus Wolbachia. The bacterium ...

This implies that Wolbachia establishes itself early in the females in order to ensure its transfer into further hosts, at the ... Wolbachia is a cytoplasmically inherited intracellular bacterium. It can generally be found in the reproductive organs of its ... However, the bacterium, Wolbachia, has evolved with this species of wasp through vertical transfer to induce irreversible ... There are three primary reasons for why M. uniraptor has become so dependent on Wolbachia for survival and reproduction. The ...

Feminizing Wolbachia species are widespread in arthropods and nematodes, where they co-evolved with most of their lineages. ... Parthenogenesis (also called thelytoky) is under the control of symbiotic bacteria of the genus Wolbachia, which live, ... Werren, John H.; Zhang, Wan & Guo, Li Rong (1995). "Evolution and phylogeny of Wolbachia: reproductive parasites of arthropods ... Fenn, Katelyn & Blaxter, Mark (2004). "Are filarial nematode Wolbachia obligate mutualist symbionts?" (PDF). Trends in Ecology ...

"Asymmetrical Reinforcement and Wolbachia Infection in Drosophila". PLOS Biology. 4 (10): e325. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040325 ...

Wolbachia infection are the most common infection in arthropods today, and over 40% of arthropods have contracted it. Wolbachia ... but without the Wolbachia infection. Wolbachia can also be used to transfer certain genes into the population to further ... Due to Wolbachia's ability to transmit from one host to the next, it can change the average genotype of a population, ... Wolbachia is easily transmitted within the Ae. albopictus mosquito due to the effects it has on fecundity in females. Once ...

Nikoh, N.; Hosokawa, T.; Moriyama, M.; Oshima, K.; Hattori, M.; Fukatsu, T. (2014). "Evolutionary origin of insect-Wolbachia ... "How Long Does Wolbachia Remain on Board?". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 34 (5): 1183-1193. doi:10.1093/molbev/msx073. PMID ...

Wolbachia is a bacterium commonly present in insect species that can protect their hosts against viruses, including the dengue ... Studies on the bacteria Wolbachia conducted by Luis Teixeira and his research group revealed that a single genomic change can ... Chrostek, Ewa; Teixeira, Luis (2015-02-10). "Mutualism Breakdown by Amplification of Wolbachia Genes". PLOS Biology. 13 (2): ... functions in the Wolbachia bacterium and providing a starting point for the understanding of the widespread insect-Wolbachia ...

She showed that Dengue virus could not become resistant to Wolbachia, and that Dengue viruses grown with Wolbachia were less ... She has extensively studied the endosymbiont Wolbachia. Wolbachia prevents harmful pathogens replicating inside mosquitos, ... A Wolbachia symbiont in Aedes aegypti limits infection with dengue, Chikungunya, and Plasmodium Successful establishment of ... After her PhD, she joined Yale University for her postdoctoral research, where she studied the Wolbachia insect system. She was ...

Wolbachia pipientis is an intracellular bacterium that is an endosymbiont of D. immitis. All heartworms are thought to be ... The inflammation occurring at the die-off of adult heartworms or larvae is in part due to the release of Wolbachia bacteria or ... Treating heartworm-positive animals with an antibiotic such as doxycycline to remove Wolbachia may prove to be beneficial, but ... Todd-Jenkins, Karen (October 2007). "The Role of Wolbachia in heartworm disease". Veterinary Forum. 24 (10): 28-30. Wheeler, ...

Zhang, Hong; Lui, Roger (7 January 2020). "Releasing Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti to prevent the spread of dengue virus: A ... In 2015, Ferguson published a paper titled "Modeling the impact on virus transmission of Wolbachia-mediated blocking of dengue ... "Genome Sequence of the Intracellular Bacterium Wolbachia". PLOS Biology. 2 (3): e76. 16 March 2004. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio. ... of Wolbachia-mediated blocking of dengue virus infection of Aedes aegypti Assessing the epidemiological effect of wolbachia for ...

However, Wolbachia is absent in Acanthocheilonema viteae. Since A. Viteae lacks Wolbachia, it is widely used as a negative ... Hartmann, N.; Stuckas, H.; Lucius, R.; Bleiss, W.; Theuring, F.; Kalinna, B. H. (2003). "Trans-species transfer of Wolbachia: ... Intracellular bacteria Wolbachia are prevalent among the different species of nematodes. ... Nematoda: Filarioidea) from Japanese badgers (Meles anakuma): Description, molecular identification, and Wolbachia screening". ...

Wolbachia bacteria infects eggs and kills male zygotes. The promiscuity of Coccinellids has led to their being affected by ...

"Male-killing Wolbachia in two species of insect". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 266 (1420): 735-740. doi:10.1098/rspb. ...

Since the discovery of the importance of Wolbachia bacteria in the life cycle of B. malayi and other nematodes, novel drug ... In a study done by the University of Bonn in Ghana, doxycycline effectively depleted Wolbachia from W. bancrofti. It is likely ... "Targeting wolbachia, doxycycline reduces pathology of lymphatic filariasis". 18, September 2006. The World Health ... Rao, R. U. (2005), "Endosymbiotic Wolbachia of parasitic filarial nematodes as drug targets" (PDF), The Indian Journal of ...

Modified Wolbachia have been released to control this species here. The Pink Bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) was ... This has become a widely known example of Wolbachia use, and has informed European decision making on vector control.) The Salt ... Turelli et al., 1991 uses a genetically modified Wolbachia to suppress D. simulans to suppress its vectored diseases here. ( ... Ross, Perran; Turelli, Michael; Hoffmann, Ary (2019). "Evolutionary Ecology of Wolbachia Releases for Disease Control". Annual ...

One of the only other examples of this type of parasitism is the genus Wolbachia, which also infects arthropods. These two ... Dorigatti I, McCormack C, Nedjati-Gilani G, Ferguson NM (February 2018). "Using Wolbachia for Dengue Control: Insights from ... "Candidatus Cardinium" bacteria use many of the same methods to interfere with host reproduction as Wolbachia, including ... induces these conditions in hosts are thought to be different from the mechanisms used by Wolbachia. "Candidatus Cardinium" ...

As of 2021, it is very commonly used for naming clades within the genus Wolbachia. Burki F, Roger AJ, Brown MW, Simpson AGB ( ... doi:10.1007/s00284-007-0055-8. Konecka, Edyta; Olszanowski, Ziemowit (2021). "Wolbachia supergroup E found in Hypochthonius ... Covacin C, Barker SC (2007). "Supergroup F Wolbachia bacteria parasitise lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera)". Parasitol Res. 100: 479 ... "Revisiting Wolbachia Supergroup Typing Based on WSP: Spurious Lineages and Discordance with MLST". Curr Microbiol. 55: 81-87. ...

"Wolbachia mosquito field test 'successful', project expanded to dengue high-risk areas in Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Batok". Channel ... "Anti-dengue Wolbachia mosquito project shows 'promising results'; to cover all Tampines, Yishun HDB towns from July". Channel ... The NEA expanded ongoing studies of new vector control methods involving the release of male mosquitoes carrying the Wolbachia ... bacteria into the field to mate with wild (non-Wolbachia-carrying) females. The resulting eggs are unable to hatch, leading to ...

Wolbachia) and intracellular pathogens (e.g. Rickettsia). Moreover, the class is sister to the protomitochondrion, the ...