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SUBMITTER: Gueguen G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3406139 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gueguen Gwenaelle G Onemola Bodunde B Govind Shubha S
Applied and environmental microbiology 20120608 16
Wolbachia bacteria are ubiquitous intracellular bacteria of arthropods. Often considered reproductive parasites, they can benefit certain host species. We describe a new Wolbachia strain from Leptopilina victoriae, a Drosophila wasp. The strain is closely related to Wolbachia from Culex sp. Located to the posterior poles of oocytes, it manipulates its host's reproduction by inducing a male development type of cytoplasmic incompatibility. We also report its diverse effects on the wasp's life hist ...[more]