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5 unusual facts about Wolbachia


Cinara

C. cedri has been shown to host three symbionts: a S symbiont, Buchnera aphidicola and bacteria in the genus Wolbachia.

Drosophila hybrid sterility

For instance, infections of nematodes or of arthropods, including Drosophila, species of the rickettsial bacteria Wolbachia can produce a male-specific sterility, which is congenital by means of transmission through the female line.

Jumping plant louse

Thus far, 10 microbial organisms have been identified within these psyllids, among them the primary endosymbiont, whose genome has been sequenced and posted at the NCBI database, as well as a Wolbachia species.

Onchocerca volvulus

volvulus, along with most filarial nematodes, share an endosymbiotic relationship with the bacterium Wolbachia.

Protocalliphora

The genus is affected by Wolbachia bacteria and it has been suggested that horizontal gene transfer may have led to the difficulty in separating species of Protocalliphora through DNA fingerprinting, with several species possessing identical mtDNA Cytochrome oxidase I sequences.


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Hypolimnas bolina

On the Samoan Islands of Upolu and Savai'i, a parasite (probably Wolbachia) had been killing the male members of Hypolimnas bolina.

Intragenomic conflict

Male organisms are converted into females by cytoplasmic inherited protists (Microsporidia) or bacteria (Wolbachia), regardless of nuclear sex-determining factors.


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