Dirksen, Philipp


Publications
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Intracellular symbiont Symbiodolus is vertically transmitted and widespread across insect orders

Citation
Wierz et al. (2024). The ISME Journal 18 (1)
Names
Symbiodolus clandestinus Ts Symbiodolus
Abstract
Abstract Insects engage in manifold interactions with bacteria that can shift along the parasitism–mutualism continuum. However, only a small number of bacterial taxa managed to successfully colonize a wide diversity of insects, by evolving mechanisms for host-cell entry, immune evasion, germline tropism, reproductive manipulation, and/or by providing benefits to the host that stabilize the symbiotic association. Here, we report on the discovery of an Enterobacterales endosymbiont