Frontiers | The facultative intracellular symbiont Lariskella is neutral for lifetime fitness and spreads through cytoplasmic incompatibility in the leaffooted bug, Leptoglossus zonatus The maternally-inherited, intracellular bacterium Lariskella (Alphaproteobacteria: Midichloreaceae) has been widely detected in arthropods including true bug...

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Diversity and spread of cytoplasmic incompatibility genes among maternally inherited symbionts Author summary Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is a reproductive strategy used by certain bacteria to promote their spread within arthropod populations. These bacteria, inherited through the mother, ...

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