Apparently, these organisms also rely
on endosymbionts to obtain their nutrition, but not much else is known.
Effects of doxycycline
on the endosymbiont Wolbachia in Dirofilaria immitis (Leidy, 1856)-- Naturally infected dogs.
Not exact matches
Indeed, scientists now know that some organelles evolved from
endosymbiont bacteria, raising hopes that studying tiny
endosymbionts like Tremblayacould shed light
on the evolution of those organelles.
Obligate secondary
endosymbionts become dependent
on their organelles and are unable to survive in their absence.
Atsushi Nakabachi, a postdoctoral research associate in UA's department of ecology and evolutionary biology and a visiting scientist at RIKEN in Wako, Japan, is the first author
on the research report, «The 160 - kilobase genome of the bacterial
endosymbiont Carsonella.»
We currently focus
on three main projects (a) Genetics & Genomics of Parasitoid Insects, (b) Parasitoid Venom Function, Evoluton, and Applications, and (3) Biology of Wolbachia and Other
Endosymbionts.