Insect Symbiosis Volume 2 describes the diversity of symbiotic bacteria associated with pests such as whiteflies, aphids, mealybugs, psyllids, and tsetse flies.

Features:

• Describes detailed electron microscopy (EM) studies of bacteria from the ovary of Ixodes ricinus
• Focuses on the more specialized intracellular symbionts with exclusive or almost exclusive transmission from mother to offspring
• Reviews recent advances in understanding of the origin and evolutionary elaboration of mutualism in termites
• Provides an overview about what is known about the diverse relationships of spiroplasmas and phytoplasmas with their insect and plant hosts
• Outlines the current state of the art in Buchnera aphidicola research, with a special focus on the main gene and genomic features of this bacteria that are a consequence of the symbiotic integration
• Describes the discovery of insecticidal proteins and speculates on their role in the biology of the bacteria-nematode-insect tritrophic interaction
• Investigates the use of the incompatible insect technique (IIT) and identifies the strengths and weaknesses of both the sterile insect technique and IIT

Contents

1. Diversity of Prokaryote-Insect Associations within the Sternorrhyncha (psyllids, whiteflies, aphids, mealybugs)
2. An Alpha-Proteobacterium Invades the Mitochondria of the Tick Ixodes ricinus
3. Inherited Bacteroidetes Symbionts in Arthropods
4. Complexity of Insect-Fungal Associations: Exploring the Influence of Microorganisms on Attine Ant-Fungus Symbiosis
5. The Evolutionary Origin and Maintenance of the Mutualistic Symbiosis Between Termites and Fungi
6. Mollicutes Associated with Arthropods and Plants
7. A Newly Discovered Virus Manipulates Superparasitism Behavior in a Parasitoid Wasp
8. Symbiont Culture
9. Comparative Genomics in Buchnera aphidicola, Primary Endosymbiont of Aphids
10. Wolbachia Genomics: Accelerating Our Understanding of a Pervasive Symbiosis
11. The Role of Wolbachia in the Biology and Pathogenesis of Filari
12. Paternal Sex Ratio Chromosomes in Parasitoid Wasps: An Overview of the Ins and Outs of These Extremely Selfish B chromosomes
13. Insecticidal Bacterial Effectors from Symbionts of Insect-Killing Nematodes
14. Insect Pest Control Using Wolbachia and/or Radiation
15. Paratransgenesis Applied to Control Insect-Transmitted Plant Pathogens: The Pierce's Disease Case

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