Tsetse fly microbiota: form and function
Tsetse flies are the primary vectors of African trypanosomes, which cause Human and Animal African trypanosomiasis in 36 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. These flies have also established symbiotic associations with bacterial and viral microorganisms. Laboratory-reared tsetse flies harbor up to four...
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doaj-3438faef76554eed9a64737eb9b81d8e2020-11-24T21:33:14ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology2235-29882013-10-01310.3389/fcimb.2013.0006965525Tsetse fly microbiota: form and functionJingwen eWang0Brian L. Weiss1Serap eAksoy2Yale universityYale universityYale universityTsetse flies are the primary vectors of African trypanosomes, which cause Human and Animal African trypanosomiasis in 36 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. These flies have also established symbiotic associations with bacterial and viral microorganisms. Laboratory-reared tsetse flies harbor up to four vertically transmitted organisms - obligate Wigglesworthia, commensal Sodalis, parasitic Wolbachia and Salivary Gland Hypertrophy Virus (SGHV). Field-captured tsetse can harbor these symbionts as well as environmentally acquired commensal bacteria. This microbial community influences several aspects of tsetse’s physiology, including nutrition, fecundity and vector competence. This review provides a detailed description of tsetse’s microbiome, and describes the physiology underlying host-microbe, and microbe-microbe, interactions that occur in this fly.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2013.00069/fullWigglesworthiaWolbachiasymbionttsetse flySodalis |
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Tsetse fly microbiota: form and function |
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Tsetse fly microbiota: form and function |
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Tsetse fly microbiota: form and function |
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tsetse fly microbiota: form and function |
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology |
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Tsetse flies are the primary vectors of African trypanosomes, which cause Human and Animal African trypanosomiasis in 36 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. These flies have also established symbiotic associations with bacterial and viral microorganisms. Laboratory-reared tsetse flies harbor up to four vertically transmitted organisms - obligate Wigglesworthia, commensal Sodalis, parasitic Wolbachia and Salivary Gland Hypertrophy Virus (SGHV). Field-captured tsetse can harbor these symbionts as well as environmentally acquired commensal bacteria. This microbial community influences several aspects of tsetse’s physiology, including nutrition, fecundity and vector competence. This review provides a detailed description of tsetse’s microbiome, and describes the physiology underlying host-microbe, and microbe-microbe, interactions that occur in this fly. |
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Wigglesworthia Wolbachia symbiont tsetse fly Sodalis |
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