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Significance of Wolbachaia sp.

Sreeremya Sasi

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Wolbachia was first found in the reproductive tissues of mosquitoes Culex pipens by Hertig and Wolbach in 1924 and the species was later named as Wolbachia pipientis. It is a maternally inherited intracellular bacterium which is found in a vast range of arthropod species and filarial nematodes. This endosymbiotic proteobacterium has the capability of manipulating the host’s reproductive system and increases the population infected with Wolbachia. One of the reproductive alterations induced by Wolbachia is cytoplasmic incompatibility, which leads to the generation of unviable offspring when an uninfected female mate with a Wolbachia-infected male. This method has received considerable attention as a strategy to control insect vectors and diseases. This paper gives the insight about the significance of Wolbachia sp. in controlling the diseases such as dengue and much more.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijmb.v1i1.191

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