2022
Microbe Profile: Wigglesworthia glossinidia: the tsetse fly’s significant other
Weiss BL, Rio RVM, Aksoy S. Microbe Profile: Wigglesworthia glossinidia: the tsetse fly’s significant other. Microbiology 2022, 168: 001242. PMID: 36129743, PMCID: PMC10723186, DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysiological homeostasisNutritional roleEssential nutritional roleUnique physiological adaptationsTsetse fliesFly microbiotaWigglesworthia glossinidiaObligate mutualistsHost fitnessAncient associationParasitic trypanosomesLarval periodPhysiological adaptationsFitness outcomesTsetse's abilityAntimicrobial responsesImmune systemAmidasesFliesMicrobiotaMutualistsWigglesworthiaEndosymbiontsGenomeB vitaminsMetabolic interactions between disease-transmitting vectors and their microbiota
Song X, Zhong Z, Gao L, Weiss BL, Wang J. Metabolic interactions between disease-transmitting vectors and their microbiota. Trends In Parasitology 2022, 38: 697-708. PMID: 35643853, DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2022.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease-transmitting vectorsSymbiotic microbesPathogen defenseHost biologyHematophagous arthropodsBacterial metabolic activitySand fliesArthropod vectorsImportant vectorAnimals/humansMetabolic interactionsEndogenous microbiotaTsetse fliesFliesRecent discoveryVector-borne diseasesBiologyMetabolic activityMosquitoesMicrobiotaDifferent arthropod vectorsArthropodsMicrobesOrganismsTicksTsetse Flies (Glossinidae)
Benoit J, Attardo G, Weiss B. Tsetse Flies (Glossinidae). 2022, 837-851. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-818731-9.00004-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTsetse fliesUnique reproductive biologyPathogenic African trypanosomesFly biologyReproductive biologyVertebrate bloodEcological distributionEvolutionary adaptationInsect pestsLow fecundityPopulation suppressionAfrican trypanosomesUnique biologyHost locationFliesProgeny developmentBiologyPhysiological aspectsMulti-targeted strategiesAfrican trypanosomiasisHuman healthPestsFecundityTrypanosomesHigh investment
2017
Chapter 9 Role of the Microbiota During Development of the Arthropod Vector Immune System
Vigneron A, Weiss B. Chapter 9 Role of the Microbiota During Development of the Arthropod Vector Immune System. 2017, 161-172. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-805350-8.00009-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVector immune systemArthropod disease vectorsObligate blood feedersBacterial symbiontsChapter 9 RoleMosquito microbiotaImmune systemParasitic trypanosomesBacterial microbesBlood feedersMolecular mechanismsDisease vectorsAdult stageNonpathogenic Escherichia coliEscherichia coliVector competencyPathogen transmissionTsetse fliesIndigenous microbiotaCellular immune systemMidgut barrierFliesMidgut infectionSystemic infectionMaturation