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
2001
A novel application of gene arrays: Escherichia coli array provides insight into the biology of the obligate endosymbiont of tsetse flies
Akman L, Aksoy S. A novel application of gene arrays: Escherichia coli array provides insight into the biology of the obligate endosymbiont of tsetse flies. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2001, 98: 7546-7551. PMID: 11404467, PMCID: PMC34705, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.131057498.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBacterial ProteinsDNA MethylationDNA ReplicationDNA, BacterialDNA, ComplementaryEnterobacteriaceaeEscherichia coliGenome, BacterialMolecular Sequence DataNucleic Acid HybridizationOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisProtein BiosynthesisSymbiosisTranscription, GeneticTsetse FliesConceptsObligate endosymbiontsComplete genome sequence dataGene arrayBiosynthesis of cofactorsE. coli genesGenome sequence dataTsetse fliesFacultative anaerobic organismsObligate symbiontsOrthologous genesWigglesworthia glossinidiaSmall genomesGenome sizeSymbiotic associationGenome informationDNA replicationRelated organismsColi geneSymbiotic lifeSequence dataWigglesworthiaGene productsExpression analysisTransport proteinsExpression profiles
1999
Concordant Evolution of a Symbiont with Its Host Insect Species: Molecular Phylogeny of Genus Glossina and Its Bacteriome-Associated Endosymbiont, Wigglesworthia glossinidia
Chen X, Li S, Aksoy S. Concordant Evolution of a Symbiont with Its Host Insect Species: Molecular Phylogeny of Genus Glossina and Its Bacteriome-Associated Endosymbiont, Wigglesworthia glossinidia. Journal Of Molecular Evolution 1999, 48: 49-58. PMID: 9873076, DOI: 10.1007/pl00006444.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHost insect speciesRDNA sequence analysisInsect speciesGroup speciesSequence analysisSister-group relationshipSpacer 2 (ITS2) regionParasitic African trypanosomesWigglesworthia glossinidiaMolecular phylogenyDifferentiated epithelial cellsGlossina austeniPrimary symbiontSecondary symbiontsSymbiotic associationDistinct lineagesRibosomal DNAGenus WolbachiaSymbiotic organismsTaxonomic placementΓ-subdivisionITS-2Third organismMidgut cellsAfrican trypanosomes