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Genomic evidence for plant-parasitic nematodes as the earliest Wolbachia hosts.
Scientific reports - 13 Oct 2016
Brown Amanda M V, Wasala Sulochana K, Howe Dana K, Peetz Amy B, Zasada Inga A, Denver Dee R
Abstract excerpt
Wolbachia, one of the most widespread endosymbionts, is a target for biological control of mosquito-borne diseases (malaria and dengue virus), and antibiotic elimination of infectious filarial nematodes. We sequenced and analyzed the genome of a new Wolbachia strain (wPpe) in the plant-parasitic nematode Pratylenchus penetrans. Phylogenomic analyses placed wPpe as the earliest diverging Wolbachia, suggesting two...
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