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
2007
Symbiosis-Based Technological Advances to Improve Tsetse Glossina spp. SIT Application
Aksoy S, Weiss B. Symbiosis-Based Technological Advances to Improve Tsetse Glossina spp. SIT Application. 2007, 137-148. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6059-5_12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSterile insect techniqueCytoplasmic incompatibilityField populationsWolbachia infectionGene productsTsetse fliesGerm-line transformationComplete genome sequencePresence of WolbachiaGene expression experimentsPest control toolForeign gene productsParasitic African trypanosomesGlossina sppMidgut symbiontsArea-wide basisFly developmentInsect speciesReproductive incompatibilitySIT applicationMale sterilityUninfected insectsGenome sequenceMating incompatibilityExpression experiments
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