Ofelia Méndez-Romero

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae ΔRIB1 and ΔRIB4 mutants, riboflavin auxotrophy is reverted by Wolbachia (wStr) infection

In endosymbiosis, unicellular organisms, mostly prokaryotes, live inside the cells of a host that may be uni- or multicellular. More than half insect and arthropod species host the obligate endosymbiont Wolbachia spp., an alpha-proteobacterium that, given time, may coevolve with...