Wolbachia a bug's life in another bug

• Other Authors: Hoerauf, Achim (Editor), Rao, Ramakrishna U. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Basel Karger 2007
• Series: Issues in infectious diseases v. 5
• Subjects: Wolbachia; Filarioidea > microbiology; Filarioidea > parasitology; Host-Parasite Interactions; Nematode Infections > parasitology
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Wolbachia are Gram-negative bacteria that form intracellular inherited infections in many invertebrates. They are extremely common, with 20-75% of all insects being infected. Moreover, they infect numerous noninsect invertebrates including nematodes, mites and spiders. Approximately 120 million peop...

Table of Contents:

• The discovery of Wolbachia in arthropods and nematodes--a historical perspective / W.J. Kozek, R.U. Rao
• Wolbachia: evolutionary significance in nematodes / M. Casiraghi, E. Ferri, C. Bandi
• Wolbachia endosymbionts: an Achilles' heel of filarial nematodes / A. Hoerauf, K. Pfarr
• It takes two: lessons from the first nematode Wolbachia genome sequence / K. Pfarr, J. Foster, B. Slatko
• Coexist, cooperate, and thrive: Wolbachia as long-term symbionts of filarial nematodes / K. Fenn, M. Blaxter
• Insights into Wolbachia biology provided through genomic analysis / R. Yamada ... [et al.]
• Wolbachia symbiosis in arthropods / M.E. Clark
• Wolbachia and its importance in veterinary filariasis / L. Kramer ... [et al.]
• Wolbachia and Onchocerca volvulus: pathogenesis of river blindness / K. Daehne ... [et al.].