Infection with endosymbiotic Spiroplasma disrupts tsetse (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) metabolic and reproductive homeostasis.

Infection with endosymbiotic Spiroplasma disrupts tsetse (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) metabolic and reproductive homeostasis.

Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) house a population-dependent assortment of microorganisms that can include pathogenic African trypanosomes and maternally transmitted endosymbiotic bacteria, the latter of which mediate numerous aspects of their host's metabolic, reproductive, and immune physiologie...

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Main Authors: Jae Hak Son, Brian L Weiss, Daniela I Schneider, Kiswend-Sida M Dera, Fabian Gstöttenmayer, Robert Opiro, Richard Echodu, Norah P Saarman, Geoffrey M Attardo, Maria Onyango, Adly M M Abd-Alla, Serap Aksoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009539

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009539

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