Investigation of Wolbachia spp. and Spiroplasma spp. in Phlebotomus species by molecular methods
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29031-3
Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the presence of Wolbachia spp. and Spiroplasma spp. in natural populations of sand flies in Turkey by molecular methods. A total of 40 Phlebotomus specimens (19 female… read more here.
Keywords: sand; spp; wolbachia spp; spiroplasma spp ... See more keywords
Disproportionate investment in Spiralin B production limits in-host growth and favors the vertical transmission of Spiroplasma insect endosymbionts
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2208461119
Abstract: Significance Most insects harbor bacterial endosymbionts within their tissues, which have major impacts on their physiology, ecology, and evolution. We investigate mechanisms that regulate such interaction between the fly Drosophila and its natural bacterial endosymbiont… read more here.
Keywords: spiroplasma; vertical transmission; growth; production ... See more keywords
Reproductive Manipulators in the Bark Beetle Pityogenes chalcographus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)—The Role of Cardinium, Rickettsia, Spiroplasma, and Wolbachia
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DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iey044
Abstract: Abstract Heritable bacterial endosymbionts can alter the biology of numerous arthropods. They can influence the reproductive outcome of infected hosts, thus affecting the ecology and evolution of various arthropod species. The spruce bark beetle Pityogenes… read more here.
Keywords: cardinium rickettsia; spiroplasma; wolbachia; bark beetle ... See more keywords
Rapid molecular evolution of Spiroplasma symbionts of Drosophila
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DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000503
Abstract: Spiroplasma is a genus of Mollicutes whose members include plant pathogens, insect pathogens and endosymbionts of animals. Spiroplasma phenotypes have been repeatedly observed to be spontaneously lost in Drosophila cultures, and several studies have documented… read more here.
Keywords: evolution spiroplasma; evolution; molecular evolution; spiroplasma symbionts ... See more keywords
Spatio-temporal distribution of Spiroplasma infections in the tsetse fly (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) in northern Uganda
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007340
Abstract: Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) are vectors of parasitic trypanosomes, which cause human (HAT) and animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) in sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda, Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (Gff) is the main vector of HAT, where it… read more here.
Keywords: gff; spiroplasma infections; infection; spiroplasma ... See more keywords
Infection with endosymbiotic Spiroplasma disrupts tsetse (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) metabolic and reproductive homeostasis
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009539
Abstract: Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) house a population-dependent assortment of microorganisms that can include pathogenic African trypanosomes and maternally transmitted endosymbiotic bacteria, the latter of which mediate numerous aspects of their host’s metabolic, reproductive, and immune… read more here.
Keywords: metabolic reproductive; fuscipes fuscipes; spiroplasma; endosymbiotic spiroplasma ... See more keywords
Ocular Spiroplasma ixodetis in Newborns, France
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DOI: 10.3201/eid2602.191097
Abstract: Cataract and uveitis are rare in newborns but potentially blinding. Three newborns with cataract and severe anterior uveitis underwent cataract surgery. Spiroplasma ixodetis was detected in lens aspirates using bacterial 16S-rRNA PCR and transmission electron… read more here.
Keywords: newborns france; ixodetis newborns; spiroplasma ixodetis; spiroplasma ... See more keywords
Isolation and structure of the fibril protein, a major component of the internal ribbon for Spiroplasma swimming
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1004601
Abstract: Spiroplasma, which are known pathogens and commensals of arthropods and plants, are helical-shaped bacteria that lack a peptidoglycan layer. Spiroplasma swim by alternating between left- and right-handed helicity. Of note, this system is not related… read more here.
Keywords: ribbon; cell; spiroplasma; structure ... See more keywords
Male-killing mechanisms vary between Spiroplasma species
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1075199
Abstract: Male-killing, a male-specific death of arthropod hosts during development, is induced by Spiroplasma (Mollicutes) endosymbionts of the Citri–Poulsonii and the Ixodetis groups, which are phylogenetically distant groups. Spiroplasma poulsonii induces male-killing in Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera)… read more here.
Keywords: male killing; killing mechanisms; spiroplasma; ixodetis ... See more keywords
The toxins of vertically transmitted Spiroplasma
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1148263
Abstract: Vertically transmitted (VT) microbial symbionts play a vital role in the evolution of their insect hosts. A longstanding question in symbiont research is what genes help promote long-term stability of vertically transmitted lifestyles. Symbiont success… read more here.
Keywords: spiroplasma; non spiroplasma; vertically transmitted; toxins vertically ... See more keywords