Sarah R. Bordenstein

This study examines how host and microbe-scale environmental selection and dispersal shape genetic and microbiota variation in Aphaenogaster ants across space.

This study examines the developmental dynamics of Wolbachia and its pWCP plasmid in two Culex mosquito species, finding differential abundance levels and co-replication during development.

The paper shows gut microbiota modulate Wolbachia adaptation in Drosophila testes by altering gene expression and reducing cytoplasmic incompatibility.

The paper provides a comprehensive taxonomic classification of phage WO by analyzing 150 Wolbachia and phage WO assemblies, identifying four variants and a novel lytic cassette.