Junchen Deng

This study shows that insect COI barcoding data can reliably detect Wolbachia presence, provide phylogenetic insights, and guide metagenomic sampling.

This paper identifies Bartonellaceae bacteria in planthoppers, showing diverse genomic sizes and functions, including one ultra-reduced genome lacking amino acid biosynthesis.

The paper presents the smallest bacterial genomes known and evaluates patterns of reductive evolution in planthopper symbionts.

This study uses genome-level data to resolve the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of planthoppers, identifying new taxonomic placements and dating the origin of the group to the Permian period.

The paper sequenced and analyzed the genomes of two endosymbiotic bacteria in planthoppers, revealing independent evolutionary origins and genomic rearrangements that challenge previous assumptions about their shared ancestry.