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Abstract

is a maternally inherited, intracellular bacterium found in more than 20 % of all insects, as well as numerous other arthropods and filarial nematodes. It has been the subject of a growing number of studies in recent decades, because of the remarkable effects it has on its arthropod hosts, its potential as a tool for biological control of arthropods of agricultural and medical importance and its use as a target for treatment of filariasis. was originally discovered in cells of the mosquito and is the only formally described member of the genus. Molecular sequence-based studies have revealed a number of phylogenetically diverse strains of . Owing to uncertainty about whether comprises more than one species, researchers in the field now commonly refer to simply as . In this note, we briefly review higher-level phylogenetic and recombination studies of and propose that all the intracellular symbionts known to cluster closely with the type strain of , including those in the currently recognized supergroups (A–H), are officially given this name.

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