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
2017
Chapter 9 Role of the Microbiota During Development of the Arthropod Vector Immune System
Vigneron A, Weiss B. Chapter 9 Role of the Microbiota During Development of the Arthropod Vector Immune System. 2017, 161-172. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-805350-8.00009-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVector immune systemArthropod disease vectorsObligate blood feedersBacterial symbiontsChapter 9 RoleMosquito microbiotaImmune systemParasitic trypanosomesBacterial microbesBlood feedersMolecular mechanismsDisease vectorsAdult stageNonpathogenic Escherichia coliEscherichia coliVector competencyPathogen transmissionTsetse fliesIndigenous microbiotaCellular immune systemMidgut barrierFliesMidgut infectionSystemic infectionMaturation
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