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List of works by Kostas Bourtzis

"Wolbachia" Infections and Arthropod Reproduction

scientific article (publication date: April 1998)

Acetic acid bacteria, newly emerging symbionts of insects

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Acetobacter tropicalis is a major symbiont of the olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae).

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Achilles, a New Family of Transcriptionally Active Retrotransposons from the Olive Fruit Fly, with Y Chromosome Preferential Distribution

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Bacterial diversity in Cr(VI) and Cr(III)-contaminated industrial wastewaters

scientific article published on January 19, 2012

Characterization of Wolbachia host cell range via the in vitro establishment of infections

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Combining sterile and incompatible insect techniques for the population suppression of Drosophila suzukii

scientific article published on 29 January 2020

Combining the Sterile Insect Technique with Wolbachia-Based Approaches: II--A Safer Approach to Aedes albopictus Population Suppression Programmes, Designed to Minimize the Consequences of Inadvertent Female Release

scientific article published on 7 August 2015

Combining the Sterile Insect Technique with the Incompatible Insect Technique: III-Robust Mating Competitiveness of Irradiated Triple Wolbachia-Infected Aedes albopictus Males under Semi-Field Conditions

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Combining the sterile insect technique with the incompatible insect technique: I-impact of wolbachia infection on the fitness of triple- and double-infected strains of Aedes albopictus

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Comparative Genomics of Wolbachia and the Bacterial Species Concept

scientific article published on April 4, 2013

Comparative genomic analysis of six Glossina genomes, vectors of African trypanosomes

scientific article published on 02 September 2019

Cryopreservation of Embryos of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly Ceratitis capitata Vienna 8 Genetic Sexing Strain

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Cytogenetic Analysis of the South American Fruit Fly Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera:Tephritidae) Species Complex: Construction of Detailed Photographic Polytene Chromosome Maps of the Argentinian Af. sp.1 Member

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Cytogenetic and symbiont analysis of five members of the B. dorsalis complex (Diptera, Tephritidae): no evidence of chromosomal or symbiont-based speciation events

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Cytoplasmic incompatibility and sperm cyst infection in different Drosophila-Wolbachia associations

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Detection and characterization of Wolbachia infections in laboratory and natural populations of different species of tsetse flies (genus Glossina)

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Detection and characterization of Wolbachia infections in natural populations of aphids: is the hidden diversity fully unraveled?

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Erratum to: The whole genome sequence of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), reveals insights into the biology and adaptive evolution of a highly invasive pest species.

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

Exploitation of the Medfly Gut Microbiota for the Enhancement of Sterile Insect Technique: Use of Enterobacter sp. in Larval Diet-Based Probiotic Applications.

scientific article published on September 2015

Extensive genomic diversity of closely related Wolbachia strains

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Genomic organization and functional characterization of the alcohol dehydrogenase locus of Ceratitis capitata (Medfly).

scientific article published in June 2006

Heads or tails: host-parasite interactions in the Drosophila-Wolbachia system

scientific article published on September 2004

INFLUENCE OF ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT AND WOLBACHIA CURING ON SEXUAL ISOLATION AMONG DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER CAGE POPULATIONS

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Immunity and symbiosis.

scientific article published on 28 July 2009

Improving Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) for tsetse flies through research on their symbionts and pathogens.

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Maleness-on-the-Y (MoY) orchestrates male sex determination in major agricultural fruit fly pests

scientific article published on 29 August 2019

Microsatellite and Wolbachia analysis in Rhagoletis cerasi natural populations: population structuring and multiple infections

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Molecular basis of the size polymorphism of the first intron of the Adh-1 gene of the mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata.

scientific article published in June 2004

More than one rabbit out of the hat: Radiation, transgenic and symbiont-based approaches for sustainable management of mosquito and tsetse fly populations

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Multiple rescue factors within a Wolbachia strain

scientific article published on April 2008

Natural Wolbachia infections in the Drosophila yakuba species complex do not induce cytoplasmic incompatibility but fully rescue the wRi modification

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New criteria for selecting the origin of DNA replication in Wolbachia and closely related bacteria

scientific article published on 20 June 2007

Next-generation biological control: the need for integrating genetics and genomics

scientific article published on 14 August 2020

Olive-mill wastewater bacterial communities display a cultivar specific profile

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Parasitism and mutualism in Wolbachia: what the phylogenomic trees can and cannot say.

scientific article published on 28 October 2008

Preface: development and evaluation of improved strains of insect pests for sterile insect technique (SIT) applications

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Presence of extensive Wolbachia symbiont insertions discovered in the genome of its host Glossina morsitans morsitans

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Symbionts commonly provide broad spectrum resistance to viruses in insects: a comparative analysis of Wolbachia strains

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The Anopheles arabiensis genetic sexing strain ANO IPCL1 and its application potential for the sterile insect technique in integrated vector management programmes

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The Bactrocera dorsalis species complex: comparative cytogenetic analysis in support of Sterile Insect Technique applications

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The Glossina Genome Cluster: Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Vectors of African Trypanosomes

The chromosomes and the mitogenome of Ceratitis fasciventris (Diptera: Tephritidae): two genetic approaches towards the Ceratitis FAR species complex resolution

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The diversity and evolution of Wolbachia ankyrin repeat domain genes

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The effect of carbon source on microbial community structure and Cr(VI) reduction rate

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The microbiology of olive mill wastes

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The mosaic genome structure of the Wolbachia wRi strain infecting Drosophila simulans

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The whole genome sequence of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), reveals insights into the biology and adaptive evolution of a highly invasive pest species

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Transgenerational transmission of the Glossina pallidipes hytrosavirus depends on the presence of a functional symbiome.

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Tsetse-Wolbachia symbiosis: comes of age and has great potential for pest and disease control

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Wolbachia infections and mitochondrial diversity of two chestnut feeding Cydia species

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Wolbachia pipientis associated to tephritid fruit fly pests: from basic research to applications

scholarly article published 29 June 2018

Wolbachia prophage DNA adenine methyltransferase genes in different Drosophila-Wolbachia associations.

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Wolbachia-based technologies for insect pest population control

scientific article published on January 2008

Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility as a means for insect pest population control

scholarly article

Wolbachia: more than just a bug in insects genitals

scientific article published on 24 December 2009