Martha S. Hunter

The paper identifies two putative CI effectors from Cardinium hertigii that function similarly to known Wolbachia CI effectors despite lacking homology to cif genes.

The study investigates how the bacterial symbiont Caballeronia is transmitted to leaffooted bug nymphs, finding that feces can serve as a transmission source but with reduced fitness outcomes compared to direct culture feeding.

This study shows that the symbiont Lariskella causes cytoplasmic incompatibility in Leptoglossus zonatus but does not affect host fitness, while the absence of Caballeronia reduces survival and reproduction.

The paper generates sex-based de novo transcriptome assemblies for the parasitoid wasp Encarsia suzannae, revealing sex-determination gene homologs and venom proteins.