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Giuseppe Michieli<p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Brazil</span></a>, Ministry of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Health</span></a> inaugurates the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>world</span></a>&#39;s largest <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Wolbachia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wolbachia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/biofactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>biofactory</span></a>, <a href="https://www.gov.br/saude/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/2025/julho/ministerio-da-saude-inaugura-a-maior-biofabrica-de-wolbachia-do-mundo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gov.br/saude/pt-br/assuntos/no</span><span class="invisible">ticias/2025/julho/ministerio-da-saude-inaugura-a-maior-biofabrica-de-wolbachia-do-mundo</span></a> </p><p>The technology involves producing mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia, a bacterium that blocks the development of viruses within the Aedes aegypti mosquito , preventing their transmission.</p>
Oleksandr Maistrenko<p>In our study “Wolbachia in Antarctic terrestrial invertebrates: Absent or undiscovered?” <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70040" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.7004</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a> we summarise the diversity of terrestrial <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>invertebrates</span></a> and discuss why <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Wolbachia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wolbachia</span></a> - the common <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/endosymbiont" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>endosymbiont</span></a> of invertebrates was not found in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Antarctica" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Antarctica</span></a>. Literature and in silico search did not show the presence of Wolbachia in samples collected in Antarctica. Samples of species which are prevalent in Antarctica but collected on other continents can be infected with Wolbachia.</p>
Lionel Feugère<p><a href="https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/culture-et-idees/060724/malgre-l-ingeniosite-des-chercheurs-les-moustiques-sont-l-offensive" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mediapart.fr/journal/culture-e</span><span class="invisible">t-idees/060724/malgre-l-ingeniosite-des-chercheurs-les-moustiques-sont-l-offensive</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/moustiques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moustiques</span></a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/dengue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dengue</span></a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/paludisme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paludisme</span></a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/insecticide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecticide</span></a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/ogm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ogm</span></a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/wolbachia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wolbachia</span></a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/TIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIS</span></a></p>
Giuseppe Michieli<p>Jamestown Canyon <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>virus</span></a> {<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/JCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JCV</span></a>} is transmissible by <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Aedes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Aedes</span></a> aegypti and is only moderately blocked by <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Wolbachia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wolbachia</span></a> co-infection <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0011616" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.plos.org/plosntds/art</span><span class="invisible">icle?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0011616</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/arbovirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arbovirus</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/bunyavirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bunyavirus</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/EIDs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EIDs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/mosquitoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mosquitoes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>science</span></a></p>
The New Universe (ticker)<p>Phylogenomic analysis of Wolbachia genomes from the Darwin Tree of Life biodiversity genomics project (PLOSBiology)<br />Wolbachia are <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/endosymbionts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>endosymbionts</span></a> that manipulate their hosts&#39; reproductive biology. Genomes of 110 <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Wolbachia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wolbachia</span></a> are descibed coincidentally sequenced alongside their insect hosts, finding a rich diversity of host manipulation loci<br />Ticker of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/thenewuniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>thenewuniverse</span></a>, creator of <a href="https://fedi.science" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fedi.science</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br /><a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001972" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.plos.org/plosbiology/</span><span class="invisible">article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001972</span></a></p>