2023
Microbiota in disease-transmitting vectors
Wang J, Gao L, Aksoy S. Microbiota in disease-transmitting vectors. Nature Reviews Microbiology 2023, 21: 604-618. PMID: 37217793, DOI: 10.1038/s41579-023-00901-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSymbiotic associationVector-borne diseasesDisease-transmitting vectorsAlternative control methodsVector competenceUnique key featuresHealth of humansSymbiotic microorganismsVector taxaReproductive strategiesArthropod hostsLife historyVector arthropodsHaematophagous arthropodsTriatomine bugsBlood feedVector populationsTransmission successArthropodsFeeding behaviorCurrent knowledgeMicrobiotaPathogensKnowledge gapsTaxa
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