Facultative symbionts in aphids and the horizontal transfer of ecologically important traits

KM Oliver, PH Degnan, GR Burke… - Annual review of …, 2010‏ - annualreviews.org
Aphids engage in symbiotic associations with a diverse assemblage of heritable bacteria. In
addition to their obligate nutrient-provisioning symbiont, Buchnera aphidicola, aphids may …

Bacterial symbionts in insects or the story of communities affecting communities

J Ferrari, F Vavre - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2011‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Bacterial symbionts are widespread in insects and other animals. Most of them are
predominantly vertically transmitted, along with their hosts' genes, and thus extend the …

Bacterial symbionts as mediators of ecologically important traits of insect hosts

H Feldhaar - Ecological Entomology, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
1. Bacterial symbionts play a prominent role in insect nutritional ecology by aiding in
digestion of food or providing nutrients that are limited or lacking in the diet. Thereby …

A rapidly spreading deleterious aphid endosymbiont that uses horizontal as well as vertical transmission

X Gu, PA Ross, A Gill, Q Yang, E Ansermin… - Proceedings of the …, 2023‏ - pnas.org
Endosymbiotic bacteria that live inside the cells of insects are typically only transmitted
maternally and can spread by increasing host fitness and/or modifying reproduction in …

A strain of the bacterial symbiont Regiella insecticola protects aphids against parasitoids

C Vorburger, L Gehrer, P Rodriguez - Biology letters, 2010‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Aphids commonly harbour facultative bacterial endosymbionts and may benefit from their
presence through increased resistance to parasitoids. This has been demonstrated for …

The natural occurrence of secondary bacterial symbionts in aphids

SE Zytynska, WW Weisser - Ecological Entomology, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
1. Many insects host secondary bacterial symbionts that are known to have wide‐ranging
effects on their hosts, from host‐plant use to resistance against natural enemies. This has …

Introduction. ecological immunology

H Schulenburg, J Kurtz, Y Moret… - … Transactions of the …, 2009‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
An organism's fitness is critically reliant on its immune system to provide protection against
parasites and pathogens. The structure of even simple immune systems is surprisingly …

Nanopore sequencing as a surveillance tool for plant pathogens in plant and insect tissues

A Bronzato Badial, D Sherman, A Stone… - Plant …, 2018‏ - Am Phytopath Society
Plant pathogens are constantly emerging and spreading into new areas and there are often
limited postdiagnosis treatment options for infection, making surveillance key to their control …

Facultative symbiont infections affect aphid reproduction

JC Simon, S Boutin, T Tsuchida, R Koga, JF Le Gallic… - PLoS …, 2011‏ - journals.plos.org
Some bacterial symbionts alter their hosts reproduction through various mechanisms that
enhance their transmission in the host population. In addition to its obligatory symbiont …

The role of defensive symbionts in host–parasite coevolution

C Vorburger, SJ Perlman - Biological Reviews, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the coevolution of hosts and parasites is a long‐standing goal of
evolutionary biology. There is a well‐developed theoretical framework to describe the …