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Article Reference Terrestrial contributions to Afrotropical aquatic food webs: The Congo River case
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019
Article Reference Genetic variation of the most abundant forest‐dwelling rodents in Central Africa (Praomys jacksoni complex): Evidence for Pleistocene refugia in both montane and lowland forests
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019
Article Reference A new genus of coccolepidid actinopterygian from the Cretaceous Iguanodon-bearing locality of Bernissart, Belgium.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019
Article Reference A horny pycnodont fish (Pycnodontiformes) in the continental Middle Jurassic (Stanleyville Formation) of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019
Article Reference New data on Pleuropholis decastroi (Teleostei, Pleuropholidae), a “pholidophoriform” fish from the Lower Cretaceous of the Eurafrican Mesogea
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019
Article Reference The pycnodont fishes from the Lower Cretaceous of the Capo d’Orlando, near Castellammare di Stabia (Naples, Campania, southern Italy), with the description of the new genus Costapycnodus
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019
Article Reference Osteology and relationships of Majokia brasseuri (Teleostei, Majokiiformes nov. ord.) from the continental Middle Jurassic (Stanleyville Formation) of Kisangani (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019
Article Reference Osteology and relationships of Cavinichthys pietrarojae gen. and sp. nov. (Teleostei, Crossognathiformes, Pachyrhizodontidae) from the marine Lower Cretaceous of Pietraroja (Campania, southern Italy)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019
Article Reference New data on the fossil fish Tergestinia sorbinii (Pycnodontiformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Trebeciano, Trieste (Italy)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019
Article Reference One to host them all: genomics of the diverse bacterial endosymbionts of the spider Oedothorax gibbosus
Bacterial endosymbionts of the groups Wolbachia , Cardinium and Rickettsiaceae are well known for their diverse effects on their arthropod hosts, ranging from mutualistic relationships to reproductive phenotypes. Here, we analysed a unique system in which the dwarf spider Oedothorax gibbosus is co-infected with up to five different endosymbionts affiliated with Wolbachia , ‘Candidatus Tisiphia’ (formerly Torix group Rickettsia ), Cardinium and Rhabdochlamydia . Using short-read genome sequencing data, we show that the endosymbionts are heterogeneously distributed among O. gibbosus populations and are frequently found co-infecting spider individuals. To study this intricate host–endosymbiont system on a genome-resolved level, we used long-read sequencing to reconstruct closed genomes of the Wolbachia , ‘Ca. Tisiphia’ and Cardinium endosymbionts. We provide insights into the ecology and evolution of the endosymbionts and shed light on the interactions with their spider host. We detected high quantities of transposable elements in all endosymbiont genomes and provide evidence that ancestors of the Cardinium , ‘Ca. Tisiphia’ and Wolbachia endosymbionts have co-infected the same hosts in the past. Our findings contribute to broadening our knowledge about endosymbionts infecting one of the largest animal phyla on Earth and show the usefulness of transposable elements as an evolutionary ‘contact-tracing’ tool.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2023