The genus Wolbachia

Markus Riegler, Scott L. O'Neill, Martin Dworkin, Stanley Falkow, Eugene Rosenberg, Karl-Heinz Schleifer, Erko Stackebrandt

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    Abstract

    ![CDATA[Numerous invertebrate species form long lasting symbioses with bacteria (Buchner, 1949; Buchner, 1965). One of the most common of these bacterial symbionts is Wolbachia pipientis, which has been estimated to infect anywhere from 15–75% of all insect species (Werren et al., 1995a; West et al., 1998; Jeyaprakash and Hoy, species of arachnids, terrestrial crustaceans and filarial nematodes (O’Neill et al., 1997a; Bandi et al., 1998). In most arthropod associations, Wolbachia act as reproductive parasites manipulating the reproduction of their hosts to enhance their own vertical transmission. There appears to be little direct fitness cost to the infected host besides the costs arising from the reproductive manipulations. However instances have been reported where Wolbachia can be either deleterious (Min and Benzer, 1997; Bouchon et al., 1998) or beneficial (Girin and Boultreau, 1995; Stolk and Stouthamer, 1995; Wade and Chang, 1995; Vavre et al., 1999b; Dedeine et al., 2001) to their hosts.]]
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe Prokaryotes : Volume 5: Proteobacteria: Alpha and Beta Subclasses
    Place of PublicationU.S.A
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages547-561
    Number of pages15
    ISBN (Print)9780387307459
    Publication statusPublished - 2006

    Keywords

    • microbiology
    • invertebrates
    • symbiosis
    • bacteria
    • wolbachia

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