RISB1775 - Wolbachiaspp.

Symbiont Classification

Classification

Bacteria

Phylum

Pseudomonadota

Order

Rickettsiales

Genus

Wolbachia

Host Classification

Order

-

Family

-

Subfamily

-

Species

Calliphoridae

Function

Wolbachia spp. plays important roles in manipulating invertebrate reproductive biology by causing male killing, feminization, parthenogenesis, or cytoplasmic incompatibility.

Male Killing Feminization Parthenogenesis Cytoplasmic Incompatibility

Localization

Intracellular

Transmission Mode

Vertical

Geographic Information

Country

Brazil, USA, Singapore

Collection Location

Brazil, the United States, and Singapore. Urban sites included a food market, the emergency entrance of a public hospital, a public park in a metropolitan setting, a sanitary landfill for household waste, and a hawker centre/food court. The natural environment comprised of a protection area at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Amazônicas in the Amazon rainforest. Rural sites included a mixed farm with animal stables for pigs, horses, chickens, and cattle, and a poultry farm

Supporting Reference

The microbiomes of blowflies and houseflies as bacterial transmission reservoirs

Junqueira, ACM; Ratan, A; Acerbi, E ... Bryant, DA; Schuster, SC

Journal: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
DOI:
10.1038/s41598-017-16353-x (2017)

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Related Accession Numbers
Bioproject
PRJNA385554

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