A Worked Example of Screening Genomic Material for the Presence of Wolbachia Infection

Federica Valerio; Victoria G Twort; Anne Duplouy

doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-3553-7_17

A Worked Example of Screening Genomic Material for the Presence of Wolbachia Infection

Methods Mol Biol. 2024:2739:275-299. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3553-7_17.

Authors

Federica Valerio¹, Victoria G Twort¹, Anne Duplouy²

Affiliations

¹ Insect Symbiosis Ecology and Evolution, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Program, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Research Centre for Ecological Changes, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
² Insect Symbiosis Ecology and Evolution, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Program, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Research Centre for Ecological Changes, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Anne.duplouy@helsinki.fi.

PMID: 38006558
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3553-7_17

Abstract

This chapter gives a brief overview of how to screen existing host genomic data for the presence of endosymbionts, such as Wolbachia. The various programs used provide test examples, and the corresponding manuals and discussion boards provide invaluable information. Please do consult these resources.

Keywords: Data quality assessment; Directories; Host DNA data; Reference genomes; Wolbachia DNA identification.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Genome, Bacterial
Genomics
Phylogeny
Symbiosis / genetics
Wolbachia* / genetics