ArticleNature communications2020
Large scale genome reconstructions illuminate Wolbachia evolution.
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- Extensive mobilome dynamics in a widespread endosymbiont: long read metagenomics reveal dimeric plasmids and highly fragmented prophages in Wolbachia from Culex pipiens.Research square · 2026Article
- Calibrating and documenting host-switching and evolution of incompatibility loci for two closely relatedbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- A co-speciation dilemma and a lifestyle transition with genomic consequences in Wolbachia of Neotropical Drosophila.BMC genomics · 2025Article
- Ghosts of symbionts past: the hidden history of the dynamic association between filarial nematodes and their Wolbachia endosymbionts.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025Article
- Wolbachia Host Shifts and Widespread Occurrence of Reproductive Manipulation Loci in European Butterflies.Molecular ecology · 2025Article
- Nucleotide composition shapes gene expression inmSystems · 2025Article
- Telomere-to-telomere genome assembly uncovers Wolbachia-driven recurrent male bottleneck effect and selection in a sawfly.Communications biology · 2025Article
- A reference genome for Trichogramma kaykai: a tiny desert-dwelling parasitoid wasp with competing sex-ratio distorters.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025Article
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- Pervasive horizontal transmission of Wolbachia in natural populations of closely related and widespread tropical skipper butterflies.BMC microbiology · 2025Article
- Nutritional sex-specificity on bacterial metabolites during mosquito (Aedes aegypti) development leads to adult sex-ratio distortion.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Wolbachia in Antarctic terrestrial invertebrates: Absent or undiscovered?Environmental microbiology reports · 2024Article
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- Genomic Underpinnings of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility: CIF Gene-Neighborhood Diversification Through Extensive Lateral Transfers and Recombination in Wolbachia.Genome biology and evolution · 2024Article
- Genome divergence and reproductive incompatibility among populations of Ganaspis near brasiliensis.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Article
- Mixed Wolbachia infections resolve rapidly during in vitro evolution.PLoS pathogens · 2024Article
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Abstract
Wolbachia is an iconic example of a successful intracellular bacterium. Despite its importance as a manipulator of invertebrate biology, its evolutionary dynamics have been poorly studied from a genomic viewpoint. To expand the number of Wolbachia genomes, we screen over 30,000 publicly available shotgun DNA sequencing samples from 500 hosts. By assembling over 1000 Wolbachia genomes, we provide a substantial increase in host representation. Our phylogenies based on both core-genome and gene content provide a robust reference for future studies, support new strains in model organisms, and reveal recent horizontal transfers amongst distantly related hosts. We find various instances of gene function gains and losses in different super-groups and in cytoplasmic incompatibility inducing strains. Our Wolbachia-host co-phylogenies indicate that horizontal transmission is widespread at the host intraspecific level and that there is no support for a general Wolbachia-mitochondrial synchronous divergence.
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