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
Genome Size Determination and Coding Capacity of Sodalis glossinidius, an Enteric Symbiont of Tsetse Flies, as Revealed by Hybridization to Escherichia coliGene Arrays
Akman L, Rio R, Beard C, Aksoy S. Genome Size Determination and Coding Capacity of Sodalis glossinidius, an Enteric Symbiont of Tsetse Flies, as Revealed by Hybridization to Escherichia coliGene Arrays. Journal Of Bacteriology 2001, 183: 4517-4525. PMID: 11443086, PMCID: PMC95346, DOI: 10.1128/jb.183.15.4517-4525.2001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome sizeLong evolutionary timeGenome size determinationSecondary symbiont SodalisAT-rich genomeConserved gene sequencesWhole genome sequencesTsetse fliesEnteric symbiontsObligate symbiontsOrthologous genesRecent molecular characterizationComparative genomicsMicrobial genomesSymbiotic microorganismsEvolutionary timeTsetse fecundityDNA replicationGenome sequenceGenomic aspectsGenomic contentGene sequencesMolecular basisRelated bacteriaExtrachromosomal plasmids
1993
Phylogenetically distant symbiotic microorganisms reside in Glossina midgut and ovary tissues
O'NEILL S, GOODING R, AKSOY S. Phylogenetically distant symbiotic microorganisms reside in Glossina midgut and ovary tissues. Medical And Veterinary Entomology 1993, 7: 377-383. PMID: 8268495, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1993.tb00709.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntracellular bacterial symbiontsBlood-feeding insectsDNA oligonucleotide primersBacterial symbiontsSymbiotic microorganismsAlpha subdivisionSymbiotic bacteriaGamma subdivisionGenus WolbachiaGlossina speciesPolymerase chain reactionOvary tissuesOligonucleotide primersTsetse fliesMidgutSpeciesSymbiontsInsectsWolbachiaProteobacteriaSubspeciesChain reactionFliesMicroorganismsTissue