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Glossina morsitans morsitans

Order

Diptera

Family

Glossinidae

Genus

Glossina

Glossina morsitans morsitans

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Glossina morsitans is a species of tsetse fly . It is one of the major vectors of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in African savannas.

Host Genome

No genome information available

Related Symbionts

7 records

Symbiont records associated with Glossina morsitans morsitans

	Classification	Function	Function Tags	Reference
Wigglesworthia glossinidia Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Wigglesworthia glossinidia provides symbiont-derived factors, likely B vitamins, which are critical for the proper function of lipid biosynthesis and…	B vitamin supplementation
Wigglesworthia Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Wigglesworthia up-regulates the expression of odorant binding protein six in the gut of intrauterine tsetse larvae, which regulates hematopoietic pat…	other
Wigglesworthia glossinidia Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Wigglesworthia glossinidia synthesizes a large number of B vitamins to supplement the host's nutritional deficiencies.	B vitamin supplementation
Wigglesworthia Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Wigglesworthia up-regulates the expression of odorant binding protein six in the gut of intrauterine tsetse larvae.	other
Sodalis glossinidius Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Sodalis glossinidius retains a thiamine ABC transporter ($tbpAthiPQ$) believed to salvage thiamine.	other
Wigglesworthia glossinidia Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Wigglesworthia glossinidia can synthesize thiamine.	chemical biosynthesis
Sodalis glossinidius Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	-

Metagenome Information

1 records

Metagenome sequencing data associated with Glossina morsitans morsitans

Run	Platform	Location	Date	BioProject
SRR14633898 WGS	ILLUMINA Illumina HiSeq 2500	Burkina Faso	2010	PRJNA345319

Amplicon Information

0 records

Amplicon sequencing data associated with Glossina morsitans morsitans

Run	Classification	Platform	Location	Environment
No amplicons found No amplicon records associated with this host species.

Related Articles

5 records

Research articles related to Glossina morsitans morsitans

Title	Authors	Journal	Year	DOI
Lipid metabolism dysfunction following symbiont elimination is linked to altered Kennedy pathway homeostasis	Attardo, GM; Benoit, JB; Michalkova, V ... Scolari, F; Aksoy, S	ISCIENCE	2023	10.1016/j.isci.2023.107108
Symbiont-induced odorant binding proteins mediate insect host hematopoiesis	Benoit, JB; Vigneron, A; Broderick, NA ... Aksoy, S; Weiss, BL	ELIFE	2017	10.7554/eLife.19535
Unravelling the relationship between the tsetse fly and its obligate symbiont Wigglesworthia: transcriptomic and metabolomic landscapes reveal highly integrated physiological networks	Bing, XL; Attardo, GM; Vigneron, A ... Weiss, BL; Aksoy, S	PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES	2017	10.1098/rspb.2017.0360
Nutrient provisioning facilitates homeostasis between tsetse fly (Diptera: Glossinidae) symbionts	Snyder, AK; Deberry, JW; Runyen-Janecky, L; Rio, RVM	PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES	2010	10.1098/rspb.2010.0364
An insect symbiosis is influenced by bacterium-specific polymorphisms in outer-membrane protein A	Weiss, BL; Wu, YN; Schwank, JJ; Tolwinski, NS; Aksoy, S	PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	2008	10.1073/pnas.0805666105