Shruti Gupta

Arsenophonus ghosts in bed bug genomes: multiple origins and 50 million years of persistence

The paper investigates the persistence and evolution of non-functional Arsenophonus-derived horizontal gene transfer sequences in bed bug genomes over 50 million years.

Dynamic but constrained: Repeated acquisitions of nutritional symbionts in bed bugs (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) from a narrow taxonomic pool.

This study identifies multiple bacterial symbionts in bed bugs across 13 species, revealing dynamic evolution of symbiosis with repeated acquisitions and cospeciation events.

Cellulose fermentation by the gut microbiota is likely not essential for the nutrition of millipedes

This study investigates whether gut microbiota fermentation is essential for millipede nutrition by disrupting microbiota in two species and analyzing metabolic and microbial responses.

Fur microbiome as a putative source of symbiotic bacteria in sucking lice

The paper investigates the origin of Neisseriaceae symbionts in rodent lice by analyzing the fur microbiome and proposes a hypothetical genome evolution scenario.