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. 2013 Mar 15;4:46. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00046

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Copyright © 2013 Eleftherianos, Atri, Accetta and Castillo.

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Effect of Wolbachia endosymbiotic bacteria on the ability of Drosophila to resist infection. Recent studies have shown that the presence of Wolbachia strain wMel in Drosophila melanogaster confers resistance to infection by various RNA viruses (Drosophila C Virus, Flock House Virus, and Nora virus) (Teixeira et al., 2008), but not by intracellular bacterial pathogens (Salmonella typhimurium and Listeria monocytogenes) (Rottschaefer and Lazzaro, 2012) or parasitoid wasps (Leptopilina boulardi) (Martinez et al., 2012).