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
2011
Tsetse Immune System Maturation Requires the Presence of Obligate Symbionts in Larvae
Weiss BL, Wang J, Aksoy S. Tsetse Immune System Maturation Requires the Presence of Obligate Symbionts in Larvae. PLOS Biology 2011, 9: e1000619. PMID: 21655301, PMCID: PMC3104962, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000619.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntrauterine larvaeBeneficial microbial symbiontsSpecific host phenotypesMilk gland secretionsHost physiological processesCo-evolutionary adaptationMicrobial symbiontsWigglesworthia glossinidiaObligate mutualistsHost phenotypePhysiological processesImmune system homeostasisWigglesworthiaTsetse fliesImportant functionsGland secretionSystem homeostasisFliesGlossina morsitansMutualistsSymbiontsDietary supplementationLarvaeHomeostasisPhenotype