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SUBMITTER: Darby AC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3514676 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Darby Alistair C AC Armstrong Stuart D SD Bah Germanus S GS Kaur Gaganjot G Hughes Margaret A MA Kay Suzanne M SM Koldkjær Pia P Rainbow Lucille L Radford Alan D AD Blaxter Mark L ML Tanya Vincent N VN Trees Alexander J AJ Cordaux Richard R Wastling Jonathan M JM Makepeace Benjamin L BL
Genome research 20120823 12
The α-proteobacterium Wolbachia is probably the most prevalent, vertically transmitted symbiont on Earth. In contrast with its wide distribution in arthropods, Wolbachia is restricted to one family of animal-parasitic nematodes, the Onchocercidae. This includes filarial pathogens such as Onchocerca volvulus, the cause of human onchocerciasis, or river blindness. The symbiosis between filariae and Wolbachia is obligate, although the basis of this dependency is not fully understood. Previous studi ...[more]