Wolbachia is a maternally transmitted bacterial symbiont that is estimated to infect
approximately half of arthropod species. In the laboratory it can increase the resistance of …

Drosophila remains a pre-eminent insect model system for host–virus interaction, but the
host range and fitness consequences of the drosophilid virome are poorly understood …

It has been 49 years since the last discovery of a new virus family in the model yeast
Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A large-scale screen to determine the diversity of double …

Wolbachia is a common endosymbiont that can protect insects against viral pathogens.
However, whether the antiviral effects of Wolbachia have a significant effect on fitness …

Metagenomic studies have demonstrated that viruses are extremely diverse and abundant
in insects, but the difficulty of isolating them means little is known about the biology of these …

Angelica keiskei is a perennial plant, belonging to the Apiaceae family and originating from
Japan. This plant has been reported to act as a diuretic, analeptic, antidiabetic …

Male-killing is a microbe-induced reproductive manipulation in invertebrates whereby male
hosts are eliminated during development. In the tea tortrix moth Homona magnanima …

The partitivirids feature an icosahedral protein coating accommodating both their dsRNA
genome and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP). This signifies that transcription and …

Bluetongue virus (BTV) is a segmented, double-stranded RNA virus transmitted by
Culicoides biting midges. Infection of domestic and wild ruminants with BTV can result in a …

Recovery of virus sequences from old samples provides an opportunity to study virus
evolution and reconstruct historic virus-host interactions. Studies of old virus sequences …