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Mosquitoes Reared in Nearby Insectaries at the Same Institution Have Significantly Divergent Microbiomes (2025)
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The microbiome influences critical aspects of mosquito biology and variations in microbial composition can impact the outcomes of laboratory studies. To investigate how biotic and abiotic conditions in an insectary affect the composition of the mosqu... Read More about Mosquitoes Reared in Nearby Insectaries at the Same Institution Have Significantly Divergent Microbiomes.

MosAIC: An annotated collection of mosquito-associated bacteria with high-quality genome assemblies (2024)
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Mosquitoes transmit medically important human pathogens, including viruses like dengue virus and parasites such as Plasmodium spp., the causative agent of malaria. Mosquito microbiomes are critically important for the ability of mosquitoes to transmi... Read More about MosAIC: An annotated collection of mosquito-associated bacteria with high-quality genome assemblies.

Genome dynamics across the evolutionary transition to endosymbiosis. (2024)
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Endosymbiosis-where a microbe lives and replicates within a host-is an important contributor to organismal function that has accelerated evolutionary innovations and catalyzed the evolution of complex life. The evolutionary processes associated with... Read More about Genome dynamics across the evolutionary transition to endosymbiosis..

Microbial diversity in stingless bee gut is linked to host wing size and influenced by the environment (2023)
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Stingless bees are important social corbiculate bees, fulfilling critical pollination roles in many ecosystems. However, their gut microbiota, particularly the fungal communities associated with them, remains inadequately characterised. This knowledg... Read More about Microbial diversity in stingless bee gut is linked to host wing size and influenced by the environment.

Corrigendum to "Tephritid fruit flies have a large diversity of co-occurring RNA viruses". [J. Invertebrate Pathol. 186 (2021) 107569 (2022)
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Sharpe, S. R., Morrow, J. L., Brettell, L. E., Shearman, D. C., Gilchrist, A. S., Cook, J. M., & Riegler, M. (2022). Corrigendum to "Tephritid fruit flies have a large diversity of co-occurring RNA viruses". [J. Invertebrate Pathol. 186 (2021) 107569. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2022.107732

Co-flowering plants support diverse pollinator populations and facilitate pollinator visitation to sweet cherry crops (2022)
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Gilpin, A.-M., O'Brien, C., Kobel, C., E. Brettell, L., M. Cook, J., & A. Power, S. (2022). Co-flowering plants support diverse pollinator populations and facilitate pollinator visitation to sweet cherry crops. Basic and Applied Ecology, 63, 36-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2022.05.005

Many food crops depend on animal pollination to set fruit. In light of pollinator declines there is growing recognition of the need for agro-ecosystems that can sustain wild pollinator populations, ensuring fruit production and pollinator conservatio... Read More about Co-flowering plants support diverse pollinator populations and facilitate pollinator visitation to sweet cherry crops.

Vertical and Horizontal Transmission of Cell Fusing Agent Virus in Aedes aegypti (2022)
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Cell fusing agent virus (CFAV) is an insect-specific flavivirus (ISF) found in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. ISFs have demonstrated the ability to modulate the infection or transmission of arboviruses such as dengue, West Nile, and Zika viruses. It is th... Read More about Vertical and Horizontal Transmission of Cell Fusing Agent Virus in Aedes aegypti.

First human case of infection with Arsenophonus nasoniae, the male killer insect pathogen (2022)
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Liew, K. C., Graves, S., Croft, L., Brettell, L. E., Cook, J., Botes, J., & Newton, P. (2022). First human case of infection with Arsenophonus nasoniae, the male killer insect pathogen. Pathology, 54(5), 664-666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2021.08.011

Co-Flowering Species Richness Increases Pollinator Visitation to Apple Flowers (2022)
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Co-flowering plants can experience an array of interactions, ranging from facilitation to competition, the direction and strength of which are often dependent on the relative abundance and diversity of the plant species involved and the foraging beha... Read More about Co-Flowering Species Richness Increases Pollinator Visitation to Apple Flowers.

The use of trap-nests to support crop pollinators in agricultural areas (2022)
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Gilpin, A.-M., Brettell, L. E., Cook, J. M., & Power, S. A. (2022). The use of trap-nests to support crop pollinators in agricultural areas. Ecological Research, 37(6), 768-779. https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12348

Supporting and promoting invertebrate diversity within agricultural ecosystems has numerous benefits, including the provision of pollination services. Many insects, including wild pollinators, require floral resources for food and structural habitat... Read More about The use of trap-nests to support crop pollinators in agricultural areas.