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No evidence that male killing (MK) Wolbachia in Drosophila innubila protects against Drosophila innubila Nudivirus (DiNV) infection.

  • Taiye S Adewumi1
  • Abigail Lewis1
  • Robert L Unckless1
  1. 1Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States.
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Abstract

Wolbachia can influence host-pathogen interactions, particularly through its protective effects against RNA viruses in insects. Although prior studies failed to find any evidence for Wolbachia protecting against DNA viruses, the viruses utilized in those studies were usually not pathogens found in natural Drosophila populations. In this study, we compared survival, viral genome copy number, and infectious-virus production (as measured by flow cytometry after cell culture infection) between W⁺ and W⁻ flies following Drosophila innubila Nudivirus (DiNV) infection. We found no evidence in any of these assays that Wolbachia protects D . innubila against DiNV.

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@article{adewumi2026evidence,
  title = {{No evidence that male killing (MK) Wolbachia in Drosophila innubila protects against Drosophila innubila Nudivirus (DiNV) infection.}},
  author = {Taiye S Adewumi and Abigail Lewis and Robert L Unckless},
  journal = {MicroPublication biology},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.17912/micropub.biology.002246},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42997127},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - No evidence that male killing (MK) Wolbachia in Drosophila innubila protects against Drosophila innubila Nudivirus (DiNV) infection.
AU  - Taiye S Adewumi
AU  - Abigail Lewis
AU  - Robert L Unckless
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/21
JO  - MicroPublication biology
DO  - 10.17912/micropub.biology.002246
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42997127
AB  - Wolbachia can influence host-pathogen interactions, particularly through its protective effects against RNA viruses in insects. Although prior studies failed to find any evidence for Wolbachia protecting against DNA viruses, the viruses utilized in those studies were usually not pathogens found in natural Drosophila populations. In this study, we compared survival, viral genome copy number, and infectious-virus production (as measured by flow cytometry after cell culture infection) between W⁺ and W⁻ flies following Drosophila innubila Nudivirus (DiNV) infection. We found no evidence in any of these assays that Wolbachia protects D . innubila against DiNV.
SN  - 2578-9430
ER  -