Wolbachia and Virus Protection in Insects

By Lauren M. Hedges, J. Brownlie, S. O'Neill, Karyn N. Johnson. Science, 2008

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The gut microbiota of insects - diversity in structure and function. (2013, background): “…simultaneously confer benefits to hosts; for example, in Drosophila species, W. pipientis has been found to protect against infections by some RNA viruses (Hedges et al., 2008; Teixeira et al., 2008), and Spiroplasma has been shown to protect hosts against nematode parasites (Jaenike et al., 2010).”
A Wolbachia symbiont in Aedes aegypti limits infection with dengue, Chikungunya, and Plasmodium. (2009, background): “Recent studies in Drosophila have shown that Wolbachia infections can protect against RNA viruses (Hedges et al., 2008; Teixeira et al., 2008).”
Bacterial symbionts as mediators of ecologically important traits of insect hosts (2011, background): “Recently Wolbachia has been shown to confer enhanced resistance towards a variety of RNA viruses in Drosophila (Hedges et al., 2008; Teixeira et al., 2008; Glaser & Meola, 2010) and other dipterans that are important vectors for viral diseases such as Culex quinquefasciatus or Aedes aegypti…”
The Endosymbiotic Bacterium Wolbachia Induces Resistance to Dengue Virus in Aedes aegypti (2010, background): “can confer resistance to diverse RNA viruses and protect flies from virus-induced mortality”
Socially transmitted gut microbiota protect bumble bees against an intestinal parasite (2011, background): “This host protection appears to have evolved numerous times in insects; so far it has mostly been studied with intracellular symbionts (7, 9), although recently extracellular symbiotic Actinobacteria have been found to have a protective function for digger wasps (35), leaf cutter ants (36), and pine”
The microbiome of pest insects: it is not just bacteria (2019, background): “Protozoa have a narrow host range and are often highly specific (Henry, 1981; Cleveland, 1923; Apuya et al., 1994).”
The Ecology and Evolution of Microbes that Manipulate Host Reproduction (2009, background): “melanogaster can also provide natural enemy resistance (Hedges et al. 2008) opens the possibility that many “reproductive parasite” strains have ecologically contingent beneficial impacts, and this indicates that we may need to avoid viewing all aspects of reproductive parasite biology as being para”
Defensive symbiosis in the real world – advancing ecological studies of heritable, protective bacteria in aphids and beyond (2014, background): “Other symbionts, including members of these same lineages (Wolbachia and Spiroplasma), have been found to mediate important ecological interactions, including defence against natural enemies (Oliver et al. 2003; Hedges et al. 2008; Teixeira, Ferreira & Ashburner 2008; Jaenike et al. 2010; Xie, Vilch”
Defensive symbiosis: a microbial perspective (2014, background): “For example, some Wolbachia strains protect Drosophila hosts against RNA virus infection, suggesting that Wolbachia may interfere with viral replication (Hedges et al. 2008; Teixeira, Ferreira & Ashburner 2008; Osborne et al. 2009).”
The Bacterial Symbiont Wolbachia Induces Resistance to RNA Viral Infections in Drosophila melanogaster (2008, result): “After the submission of this manuscript, an independent report with similar findings to ours was published [”
Consequences of the Expanding Global Distribution of Aedes albopictus for Dengue Virus Transmission (2010, background): “infection has been shown to protect insects against viral infections”