Symbiosis: Wolbachia Host Shifts in the Fast Lane

Stefanos Siozios; Michael Gerth; Joanne S Griffin; Gregory D D Hurst

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.02.008

Symbiosis: Wolbachia Host Shifts in the Fast Lane

Curr Biol. 2018 Mar 19;28(6):R269-R271. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.02.008.

Authors

Stefanos Siozios¹, Michael Gerth¹, Joanne S Griffin¹, Gregory D D Hurst²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK.
² Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK. Electronic address: g.hurst@liv.ac.uk.

PMID: 29558644
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.02.008

Abstract

The inherited bacterium Wolbachia is an important component of the biology of many arthropods. What makes it so common? An analysis of drosophilids revealed one strain host shifts at a surprisingly high rate, infecting eight species in under 30,000 years.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Arthropods / microbiology*
Drosophila
Symbiosis
Wolbachia*