Insect Symbiosis

Insect Symbiosis summarizes the current knowledge of the relationship between symbiotic organisms and their insect hosts and provides an unparalleled analysis of cutting-edge research on this issue. Findings from international experts reveal possible new ways to control disease-carrying insects and agricultural pests worldwide. An examination of Wolbachia, considered by many as a vehicle to deliver anti-malarial and anti-plant virus strategies, is also included. Written by an interdisciplinary team of experts, this book serves as a great reference on host-parasitic relationships for professionals from a broad range of fields.

Insect Symbiosis: An IntroductionHajime IshikawaBuchnera Bacteria and Other Symbionts of AphidsAngela E. DouglasComparative Genomics of Insect EndosymbiontsIvica Tamas and Siv G.E. AnderssonSymbiosis in TsetseSerap AksoyEndosymbiosis in the Weevil of the Genus Sitophilus: Genetic, Physiological, and Molecular Interactions among Associated GenomesAbdelaziz HeddiRhodnius prolixus and Its Symbiont, Rhodococcus rhodnii: A Model for Paratransgenic Control of Disease TransmissionRavi V. Durvasula, Ranjini K. Sundaram, Celia Cordon-Rosales, Pamela Pennington,and C. Ben BeardBark Beetle.Fungus Symbioses Diana L. SixSymbiotic Relationships of TephritidsCarol R. LauzonSymbionts Affecting Termite Behavior Kenji MatsuuraSymbiosis of Microsporidia and InsectsPhilip Agnew, James J. Becnel, Dieter Ebert, and Yannis MichalakisA New Bacterium from the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides Phylum That Causes Sex-Ratio DistortionAndrew R. Weeks and Johannes A.J. BreeuwerInherited Microorganisms That Selectively Kill Male Hosts: The Hidden Players of Insect Evolution? Gregory D.D. Hurst, Francis M. Jiggins, and Michael E.N. MajerusWolbachia pipientis: Impotent by Association Stephen L. DobsonCytoplasmic IncompatibilityKostas Bourtzis, Henk R. Braig, and Timothy L. KarrParthenogenesis Associated with WolbachiaMartinus E. Huigens and Richard StouthamerInsights into Wolbachia Obligatory Symbiosis Franck Dedeine, Claudio Bandi, Michel Boulétreau, and Laura H. KramerSymbiosis and the Origin of SpeciesSeth R. BordensteinDiscovery of Symbiont-Host Horizontal Genome Transfer: A Beetle Carrying Two Bacterial and One Chromosomal Wolbachia EndosymbiontsTakema Fukatsu, Natsuko Kondo, Nobuyuki Ijichi, and Naruo Nikoh