Wolbachia

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• Many of the functional bacteria-to-animal HGT events discussed below are also from Wolbachia spp., but in these cases, the transferred sequences seem to be either much smaller in size or from larger fragments that were reduced in size after transfer 25, 32, 34, 51.

  Academic text (2018)

• According to McGraw, Wolbachia bacteria are found in many insects, including some mosquito species.

• Another hypothesis involves filarial parasites whose endosymbiotic bacteria, Wolbachia, are released upon parasite death and can also lead to acute inflammatory disease.

  Academic text (2007)

• Importantly, these transferred genes come from 'reproductive manipulators' such as Wolbachia spp. and Candidatus Cardinium spp., bacteria that are extremely common in insect germ cells.

  Academic text (2018)

• The advantage of more recent endosymbioses, such as those found in sap-feeding insects, is that inferring the origin of transferred genes is much more straightforward because the genes often come from bacteria, such as Wolbachia spp., that have extensive germ cell interactions with insects.

  Academic text (2018)

• To reduce transmission of diseases, scientists have introduced Wolbachia bacteria to certain mosquito species.

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