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 vitamins
2015
Wigglesworthia
Aksoy S. Wigglesworthia. 2015, 1-6. DOI: 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01172.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTypical Gram-negative cell wallGram-negative cell wallHost insect speciesInsect host speciesMilk gland secretionsInner membrane structureObligate intracellular organismsPrimary endosymbiontDifferentiated epithelial cellsInsect speciesIntrauterine larvaeS-symbiontsWigglesworthiaHost speciesLack flagellaAncient associationBiosynthetic pathwayAdult fliesMidgut tissueSpecies displayCell wallBinary fissionEndosymbiontsAposymbiotic hostsAnterior midgut