Wolbachia are common intracellular bacteria that are found in arthropods and nematodes.
These alphaproteobacteria endosymbionts are transmitted vertically through host eggs and …

… Surveys of neotemperate insects give similar percentages of infected species (JH Werren
& DW Windsor, unpublished data; R Giordana & H Robertson, personal communication). …

… Bordenstein, SR, O'Hara, FP & Werren, JH Wolbachia-induced bidirectional incompatibility
precedes other hybrid incompatibilities in Nasonia. Nature 409, 707–710 (2001).A recent …

We report here genome sequences and comparative analyses of three closely related
parasitoid wasps: Nasonia vitripennis, N. giraulti, and N. longicornis. Parasitoids are important …

Wolbachia are intracellular bacteria found in many species of arthropods and nematodes.
They manipulate the reproduction of their arthropod hosts in various ways, may play a role in …

… longicornis are parasitoid wasps that specialize in attacking protocalliphorid flies living in
birdnests (Darling & Werren 1990; JH Werren, unpublished results). This contrasts with the …

… Kennedy and JH Werren, unpublished data). This is most … Breeuwer, JAJ & Werren, JH
1990 Microorganisms asso… , DA, Weisburg, WG & Werren, JH 1992 Phylogeny of cytoplasmic …

… Using a protein coding region iftsZ), Werren et al. (1995) found two major groups of …
Wolbachia (Werren et al. 1995). Procedures and primers for ftsZ amplification are in Werren …

Although common among bacteria, lateral gene transfer—the movement of genes between
distantly related organisms—is thought to occur only rarely between bacteria and …

The eubacterial genus Wolbachia comprises one of the most abundant groups of obligate
intracellular bacteria, and it has a host range that spans the phyla Arthropoda and Nematoda. …