Wolbachia

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Bacteria
gptkbp:affects insects
nematodes
gptkbp:biosafetyLevel 1
gptkbp:cause parthenogenesis
cytoplasmic incompatibility
feminization
male killing
reproductive parasitism
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Marshall_Hertig
gptkb:S._Burt_Wolbach
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1924
gptkbp:domain gptkb:Bacteria
gptkbp:family gptkb:Anaplasmataceae
gptkbp:genomeType circular DNA
gptkbp:genus gptkb:Wolbachia_pipientis
gptkbp:gramStain Gram-negative
gptkbp:habitat arthropod cells
nematode cells
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wolbachia
gptkbp:location gptkb:cytoplasm
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:S._Burt_Wolbach
gptkbp:notableStrain gptkb:wAlbB
gptkb:wMel
gptkb:wPip
wBm
wRi
gptkbp:order gptkb:Rickettsiales
gptkbp:phylogeneticPosition gptkb:Alphaproteobacteria
gptkbp:presentIn many filarial nematodes
up to 60% of insect species
gptkbp:reduces transmission of Zika virus
transmission of chikungunya virus
transmission of dengue virus
transmission of yellow fever virus
gptkbp:reproduction asexual
gptkbp:studiedBy evolutionary biology
vector control
host-microbe interactions
gptkbp:symbiosisWith gptkb:Brugia_malayi
gptkb:Culex_pipiens
gptkb:Onchocerca_volvulus
gptkb:Aedes_aegypti
gptkb:Drosophila_melanogaster
gptkbp:transmission vertical transmission
maternal inheritance
gptkbp:usedIn biological control of mosquito-borne diseases
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Proteobacteria
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6