Pradeep Palanichamy

This study examines the parallel evolution of Bacteroidota as insect endosymbionts, showing genomic and cellular changes across multiple scale insect lineages.

The paper analyzes the genomic diversity and functional potential of facultative bacterial symbionts in scale insects using metagenomic data from 120 samples.

This paper reports the first detection of the endosymbiont Ca. Lariskella in marine nematodes, expanding its known host range beyond terrestrial arthropods.

The paper shows that ancient endosymbionts of giant scale insects experience accelerated pseudogenization due to genomic degradation and co-symbiont acquisitions.

This study investigates how mealybugs diversified by acquiring new symbionts and adapting to different host plants.