ReviewInsect science2020
The effect of the endosymbiont Wolbachia on the behavior of insect hosts.
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- Within-Host Environmental Heterogeneity Is Associated With Phenotypic but Not Genomic Diversity in Wolbachia Endosymbionts.Environmental microbiology reports · 2026Article
- Xenopsylla buxtoni fleas as a dominant species harboring multiple infections of Wolbachia lineages in the ancient plague epicenters of Iran.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Microbial network assembly in bat flies with differing host specificity from North Africa.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2025Article
- Differential gene expression in Chorthippus parallelus (Zetterstedt, 1821) (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Gomphocerinae) induced by Wolbachia infection.Insect science · 2025Article
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- Friend or foe? Concentration of a commensal microbe induces distinct responses in developing honey bees exposed to field-realistic pesticide concentrations.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2025Article
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- Microbiota-neuroepithelial signalling across the gut-brain axis.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2025Review
- Wolbachia-mediated reduction in the glutamate receptor mGluR promotes female promiscuity and bacterial spread.Cell reports · 2025Article
- An insect virus differentially alters gene expression among life stages of an insect vector and enhances bacterial phytopathogen transmission.Journal of virology · 2025Article
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- Bacterial dynamics and exchange in plant-insect interactions.Current research in insect science · 2025Article
- Transcriptomic characterization ofMicrobiome research reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
As one of the most successful intracellular symbiotic bacteria, Wolbachia can infect many arthropods and nematodes. Wolbachia infection usually affects the reproduction of their hosts to promote their own proliferation and transmission. Currently, most of the studies focus on the mechanisms of Wolbachia interactions with host reproduction. However, in addition to distribution in the reproductive tissues, Wolbachia also infect various somatic tissues of their hosts, including the brain. This raises the potential that Wolbachia may influence some somatic processes, such as behaviors in their hosts. So far, information about the effects of Wolbachia infection on host behavior is still very limited. The present review presents the current literature on different aspects of the influence of Wolbachia on various behaviors, including sleep, learning and memory, mating, feeding and aggression in their insect hosts. We then highlight ongoing scientific efforts in the field that need addressing to advance this field, which can have significant implications for further developing Wolbachia as environmentally friendly biocontrol agents to control insect-borne diseases and agricultural pests.
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