Insects are often involved in endosymbiosis, that is, the housing of symbiotic microbes within
their tissues or within their cells. Endosymbionts are a major driving force in insects' …

Insects commonly harbor facultative bacterial endosymbionts, such as Wolbachia and
Spiroplasma species, that are vertically transmitted from mothers to their offspring. These …

Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) act as the sole vectors of the African trypanosome species that
cause Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT or African Slee** Sickness) and Nagana in …

Endosymbiotic bacteria associated with eukaryotic hosts are omnipresent in nature,
particularly in insects. Studying the bacterial side of host-symbiont interactions is, however …

The Lepidoptera is one of the most widespread and recognisable insect orders. Due to their
remarkable diversity, economic and ecological importance, moths and butterflies have been …

Facultative endosymbiotic bacteria, such as Wolbachia and Spiroplasma species, are
commonly found in association with insects and can dramatically alter their host physiology …

Spiroplasma bacteria are highly motile bacteria with no cell wall and a helical morphology.
This clade includes many vertically transmitted insect endosymbionts, including …

Insects are frequently infected by bacterial symbionts that greatly affect their physiology and
ecology. Most of these endosymbionts are, however, barely tractable outside their native …

Spiroplasma turonicum Tab4cT was isolated from a horse fly (Haematopota sp.; probably
Haematopota pluvialis) collected at Champchevrier, Indre-et-Loire, Touraine, France, in …

ABSTRACT Spiroplasma helicoides TABS-2T (DSM 22551) was isolated from the gut of a
horsefly (Tabanus abactor) collected near Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA, in 1987. Here, we …