ArticlePloS one2014
Wolbachia infect ovaries in the course of their maturation: last minute passengers and priority travellers?
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- The shutting down of the insulin pathway: a developmental window for Wolbachia load and feminization.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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- Quantitative methods for assessing local and bodywide contributions to Wolbachia titer in maternal germline cells of Drosophila.BMC microbiology · 2019Article
- Wolbachia pipientis grows in Saccharomyces cerevisiae evoking early death of the host and deregulation of mitochondrial metabolism.MicrobiologyOpen · 2019Article
- Transovarian Transmission of Blochmannia and Wolbachia Endosymbionts in the Neotropical Weaver Ant Camponotus textor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).Current microbiology · 2018Article
- Identification of putative effectors of the Type IV secretion system from the Wolbachia endosymbiont of Brugia malayi.PloS one · 2018Article
- Mi Casa es Su Casa: how an intracellular symbiont manipulates host biology.Environmental microbiology · 2017Article
- Phenotypic shift inProceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Article
- Tracing the history and ecological context ofEcology and evolution · 2017Article
- Wolbachia Endosymbionts Modify Drosophila Ovary Protein Levels in a Context-Dependent Manner.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2016Article
- Endosymbiotic bacteria in honey bees: Arsenophonus spp. are not transmitted transovarially.FEMS microbiology letters · 2016Article
- Rapid and Non-destructive Detection and Identification of Two Strains of Wolbachia in Aedes aegypti by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
- The Terrestrial Isopod Microbiome: An All-in-One Toolbox for Animal-Microbe Interactions of Ecological Relevance.Frontiers in microbiology · 2016Review
- Wolbachia utilize host actin for efficient maternal transmission in Drosophila melanogaster.PLoS pathogens · 2015Article
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Abstract
Wolbachia are widespread endosymbiotic bacteria of arthropods and nematodes. Studies on such models suggest that Wolbachia's remarkable aptitude to infect offspring may rely on a re-infection of ovaries from somatic tissues instead of direct cellular segregation between oogonia and oocytes. In the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare, Wolbachia are vertically transmitted to the host offspring, even though ovary cells are cyclically renewed. Using Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), we showed that the proportion of infected oocytes increased in the course of ovary and oocyte maturation, starting with 31.5% of infected oocytes only. At the end of ovary maturation, this proportion reached 87.6% for the most mature oocytes, which is close to the known transmission rate to offspring. This enrichment can be explained by a secondary acquisition of the bacteria by oocytes (Wolbachia can be seen as last minute passengers) and/or by a preferential selection of oocytes infected with Wolbachia (as priority travellers).
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