Publications for Nathan Lo
Publications for Nathan Lo
2016
Che, Y., Wang, D., Shi, Y., Du, X., Zhao, Y., Lo,
N., Wang, Z. (2016). A global molecular
phylogeny and timescale of evolution for
Cryptocercus woodroaches. Molecular
Phylogenetics and Evolution, 98, 201-209. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02
.005">[More Information]</a>
Ritchie, A., Lo, N., Ho, S. (2016). Examining the
sensitivity of molecular species delimitations
to the choice of mitochondrial marker.
Organisms Diversity and Evolution. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-016-027
5-5">[More Information]</a>
Lo, N., Jun Tong, K., Rose, H., Ho, S., Beninati,
T., Low, D., Matsumoto, T., Maekawa, K.
(2016). Multiple evolutionary origins of
Australian soil-burrowing cockroaches driven by
climate change in the Neogene. Proceedings of
the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,
283(1825). <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2869"
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Loh, S., Gofton, A., Lo, N., Gillett, A., Ryan, U.,
Irwin, P., Oskam, C. (2016). Novel Borrelia
species detected in echidna ticks, Bothriocroton
concolor, in Australia. Parasites and Vectors, 9,
339. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-162
7-x">[More Information]</a>
Bourguignon, T., Lo, N., Sobotnık, J.,
Sillam-Dusses, D., Roisin, Y., Evans, T. (2016).
Oceanic dispersal, vicariance and human
introduction shaped the modern distribution of
the termites Reticulitermes, Heterotermes and
Coptotermes. Proceedings of the Royal Society
B: Biological Sciences, 283, 20160179. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.0179"
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Chouvenc, T., Li, H., Austin, J., Bordereau, J.,
Bourguignon, T., Cameron, S., Cancello, E.,
Constantino, R., Costa-Leonardo, A., Eggleton,
P., Lee, T., Lo, N., et al (2016). Revisiting
Coptotermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): A
global taxonomic road map for species validity
and distribution of an economically important
subterranean termite genus. Systematic
Entomology, 41, 299-306. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/syen.12157">[M
ore Information]</a>
2015
Lydecker, H., Stanfield, E., Lo, N., Hochuli, D.,
Banks, P. (2015). Are urban bandicoots solely to
blame for tick concerns? Australian Zoologist,
37(3), 288-293. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2015.008">[
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Ho, S., Jun Tong, K., Foster, C., Ritchie, A., Lo,
N., Crisp, M. (2015). Biogeographic calibrations
for the molecular clock. Biology Letters, 11(9),
1-7. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0194"
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Jun Tong, K., Duchene, S., Ho, S., Lo, N.
(2015). Comment on "Phylogenomics resolves
the timing and pattern of insect evolution".
Science, 349(6427), 487-487. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaa5460"
>[More Information]</a>
Gofton, A., Oskam, C., Lo, N., Beninati, T., Wei,
G., McCarl, V., Murray, D., Paparini, A., Greay,
T., Holmes, A., et al (2015). Inhibition of the
endosymbiont “Candidatus Midichloria
mitochondrii�? during 16S rRNA gene profiling
reveals potential pathogens in Ixodes ticks from
Australia. Parasites and Vectors, 8(1), 1-11. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-095
8-3">[More Information]</a>
Jun Tong, K., Duchene, S., Ho, S., Lo, N.
(2015). INSECT PHYLOGENOMICS.
Comment on "Phylogenomics resolves the
timing and pattern of insect evolution". Science,
349(6247), 487-487.
Bourguignon, T., Lo, N., Cameron, S., Sobotinik,
J., Hayashi, Y., Shigenobu, S., Watanabe, D.,
Roisin, Y., Miura, T., Evans, T. (2015). The
evolutionary history of termites as inferred from
66 mitochondrial genomes. Molecular Biology
and Evolution, 32(2), 406-421. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msu308"
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Lee, T., Cameron, S., Evans, T., Ho, S., Lo, N.
(2015). The origins and radiation of Australian
Coptotermes termites: From rainforest to desert
dwellers. Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution, 82(PA), 234-244. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09
.026">[More Information]</a>
Ujvari, B., Casewell, N., Sunagar, K., Arbuckle,
K., Wuster, W., Lo, N., O'Meally, D.,
Beckmann, C., King, G., Deplazes, E., Madsen,
T. (2015). Widespread convergence in toxin
resistance by predictable molecular evolution.
Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS),
112(38), 11911-11916. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.151170611
2">[More Information]</a>
2014
Tokuda, G., Tsuboi, Y., Kihara, K., Saitou, S.,
Moriya, S., Lo, N., Kikuchi, J. (2014).
Metabolomic profiling of 13C-labelled cellulose
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digestion in a lower termite: Insights into gut
symbiont function. Proceedings of the Royal
Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1789), 1-10.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0990"
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Lee, T., Ho, S., Wilson, G., Lo, N. (2014).
Phylogeography and diversity of the terrestrial
isopod Spherillo grossus (Oniscidea:
Armadillidae) on the Australian East Coast.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society,
170(2), 297-309. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12105">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Maekawa, K., Hayashi, Y., Lee, T., Lo, N.
(2014). Presoldier differentiation of australian
termite species induced by juvenile hormone
analogues. Australian Journal of Entomology,
53(2), 138-143. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aen.12060">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Jia, F., Lo, N., Ho, S. (2014). The Impact of
Modelling Rate Heterogeneity among Sites on
Phylogenetic Estimates of Intraspecific
Evolutionary Rates and Timescales. PloS One,
9(5), 1-8. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.009
5722">[More Information]</a>
2013
Montagna, M., Sassera, D., Epis, S., Bazzocchi,
C., Vannini, C., Lo, N., Sacchi, L., Fukatsu, T.,
Petroni, G., Bandi, C. (2013). "Candidatus
Midichloriaceae" fam. Nov. (Rickettsiales), an
ecologically: Widespread clade of intracellular
alphaproteobacteria. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology, 79(10), 3241-3248. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.03971-12"
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Shimada, K., Lo, N., Kitade, O., Wakui, A.,
Maekawa, K. (2013). Cellulolytic Protist
Numbers Rise and Fall Dramatically in Termite
Queens and Kings during Colony Foundation.
Eukaryotic Cell, 12(4), 545-550. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/EC.00286-12">[
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Hayashi, Y., Shigenobu, S., Watanabe, D., Toga,
K., Saiki, R., Shimada, K., Bourguignon, T., Lo,
N., Hojo, M., Maekawa, K., et al (2013).
Construction and Characterization of Normalized
cDNA Libraries by 454 Pyrosequencing and
Estimation of DNA Methylation Levels in Three
Distantly Related Termite Species. PloS One,
8(9), 1-12. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.007
6678">[More Information]</a>
van der Kraan, L., Wong, E., Lo, N., Ujvari, B.,
Belov, K. (2013). Identification of natural killer
cell receptor genes in the genome of the
marsupial Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii).
Immunogenetics, 65(1), 25-35. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00251-012-064
3-z">[More Information]</a>
Tokuda, G., Elbourne, L., Kinjo, Y., Saitoh, S.,
Sabree, Z., Hojo, M., Yamada, A., Hayashi, Y.,
Shigenobu, S., Bandi, C., Lo, N., et al (2013).
Maintenance of essential amino acid synthesis
pathways in the Blattabacterium cuenoti
symbiont of a wood-feeding cockroach. Biology
Letters, 9(3), 1-4. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2012.1153"
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Hayashi, Y., Miyata, H., Kitade, O., Lo, N.
(2013). Neotenic Reproductives Influence
Worker Caste Differentiation in the Termite
Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera;
Rhinotermitidae). Sociobiology: an international
journal on social insects, 60(4), 446-452.
Ho, S., Lo, N. (2013). The insect molecular
clock. Australian Journal of Entomology, 52(2),
101-105. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aen.12018">[Mo
re Information]</a>
2012
Cameron, S., Lo, N., Bourguignon, T., Svenson,
G., Evans, T. (2012). A mitochondrial genome
phylogeny of termites (Blattodea: Termitoidae):
Robust support for interfamilial relationships and
molecular synapomorphies define major clades.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 65(1),
163-173. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.05
.034">[More Information]</a>
Lo, N., Li, B., Ujvari, B. (2012). DNA
methylation in the termite Coptotermes lacteus.
Insectes Sociaux, 59(2), 257-261. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-011-021
3-7">[More Information]</a>
Dos Santos Ferreira Lins, L., Ho, S., Wilson, G.,
Lo, N. (2012). Evidence for Permo-Triassic
colonization of the deep sea by isopods. Biology
Letters, 8(6), 979-982. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2012.0774"
>[More Information]</a>
Sabree, Z., Huang, C., Arakawa, G., Tokuda, G.,
Lo, N., Watanabe, H., Moran, N. (2012).
Genome Shrinkage and Loss of
Nutrient-Providing Potential in the Obligate
Symbiont of the Primitive Termite Mastotermes
darwiniensis. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology, 78(1), 204-210. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.06540-11"
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Drewell, R., Lo, N., Oxley, P., Oldroyd, B.
(2012). Kin conflict in insect societies: a new
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epigenetic perspective. Trends in Ecology and
Evolution, 27(7), 367-373. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2012.02.00
5">[More Information]</a>
2011
Ujvari, B., Li, B., Evans, T., King, A., Kitade,
O., Lo, N. (2011). A microsatellite-based test of
the reticulitermes speratus genetic caste
determination model in coptotermes lacteus.
Insectes Sociaux, 58(3), 365-370. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-011-015
3-2">[More Information]</a>
Evans, T., Dawes, T., Ward, P., Lo, N. (2011).
Ants and termites increase crop yield in a dry
climate. Nature Communications, 2(1), 1-7. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1257">[
More Information]</a>
Kitade, O., Hoshi, M., Odaira, S., Asano, A.,
Shimizu, M., Hayashi, Y., Lo, N. (2011).
Evidence for genetically influenced caste
determination in phylogenetically diverse species
of the termite genus Reticulitermes. Biology
Letters, 7(2), 257-260. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0856"
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Robinson, K., Tohidi-Esfahani, D., Lo, N.,
Simpson, S., Sword, G. (2011). Evidence for
Widespread Genomic Methylation in the
Migratory Locust, Locusta migratoria
(Orthoptera: Acrididae). PloS One, 6(12),
e28167-1-e28167-9. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.002
8167">[More Information]</a>
Ferri, E., Bain, O., Barbuto, M., Martin, C., Lo,
N., Uni, S., Landmann, F., Baccei, S., Guerrero,
R., De Souza Lima, S., et al (2011). New
Insights into the Evolution of Wolbachia
Infections in Filarial Nematodes Inferred from a
Large Range of Screened Species. PloS One,
6(6), 1-17. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.002
0843">[More Information]</a>
Sassera, D., Lo, N., Epis, S., D'Auria, G.,
Montagna, M., Comandatore, F., Horner, D.,
Pereto, J., Luciano, A., Franciosi, F., et al (2011).
Phylogenomic evidence for the presence of a
flagellum and cbb3 oxidase in the free-living
mitochondrial ancestor. Molecular Biology and
Evolution, 28(12), 3285-3296. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msr159"
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Simpson, S., Sword, G., Lo, N. (2011).
Polyphenism in insects. Current Biology, 21(18),
R738-R739.
Lo, N., Eggleton, P. (2011). Termite
Phylogenetics and Co-cladgenesis with
Symbionts. In David Edward Bignell, Yves
Roisin, Nathan Lo (Eds.), Biology of Termites: A
Modern Synthesis, (pp. 27-50). Dordrecht:
Springer.
2010
Lo, N., Beekman, M., Oldroyd, B. (2010). Caste
in Social Insects: Genetic Influences Over Caste
Determination. In Breed, M. and Moore, J.
(Eds.), Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, (pp.
254-260). New York: Academic Press.
Lo, N., Eggleton, P. (2010). Evolution and
Function of Endogenous Termite Cellulases. In
David Edward Bignell, Yves Roisin, Nathan Lo
(Eds.), Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis,
(pp. 51-68). Dordrecht: Springer.
Schwander, T., Lo, N., Beekman, M., Oldroyd,
B., Keller, L. (2010). Nature versus nurture in
social insect caste differentiation. Trends in
Ecology and Evolution, 25(5), 275-282. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2009.12.00
1">[More Information]</a>
ANDRIS, M., ARADOTTIR, G., ARNAU, G.,
AUDZIJONYTE, A., Bess, E., BONADONNA,
F., BOURDEL, G., BRIED, J., BUGBEE, G.,
BURGER, P., Lo, N., et al (2010). Permanent
Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology
Resources Database 1 June 2010 – 31 July 2010.
Molecular Ecology Resources, 10(6), 1106-1108.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.201
0.02916.x">[More Information]</a>
2009
Lo, N., Gloag, R., Anderson, D., Oldroyd, B.
(2009). A molecular phylogeny of the genus
Apis suggests that the Giant Honey Bee of the
Philippines, A. breviligula Maa, and the Plains
Honey Bee of southern India, A. indica
Fabricius, are valid species. Systematic
Entomology, Online, 1-8. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.200
9.00504.x">[More Information]</a>
Beninati, T., Reigler, M., Vilcins, I., Sacchi, L.,
McFadyen, R., Krockenberger, M., Bandi, C.,
O'Neill, S., Lo, N. (2009). Absence of the
symbiont Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii
in the mitochondria of the tick Ixodes
holocyclus. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 299,
241-247. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.200
9.01757.x">[More Information]</a>
Bordenstein, S., Paraskevopoulos, C., Hotopp, J.,
Sapountiz, P., Lo, N., Bandi, C., Tettelin, H.,
Werren, J., Bourtzis, K. (2009). Parasitism and
Mutualism in Wolbachia: What the
Phylogenomic Trees Can and Cannot Say.
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 26(1),
231-241. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msn243"
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Evolution, 44(1), 461-466.
Lo, N., Hayashi, Y., Kitade, O. (2009). Should
Environmental Caste Determination Be Assumed
for Termites? The American Naturalist, 173(6),
848-853. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/598498">[More
Information]</a>
Lo, N., Engel, M., Cameron, S., Nalepa, C.,
Tokuda, G., Grimaldi, D., Kitade, O., Krishna,
K., Klass, K., Maekawa, K., Thompson, G., et al
(2007). Save Isoptera: A comment on Inward et
al. Biology Letters, 3(5), 562-563.
2008
Sassera, D., Lo, N., Bouman, E., Epis, S.,
Mortarino, M., Bandi, C. (2008). "Candidatus
Midichloria" Endosymbionts Bloom after the
Blood Meal of the Host, the Hard Tick Ixodes
ricinus. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology, 74(19), 6138-6140. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00248-08"
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Epis, S., Sassera, D., Beninati, T., Lo, N., Beati,
L., Piesman, J., Rinaldi, L., McCoy, K., Torina,
A., Sacchi, L., et al (2008). Midichloria
mitochondrii is widespread in hard ticks
(Ixodidae) and resides in the mitochondria of
phylogenetically diverse species. Parasitology,
135(4), 485-494. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S003118200700
4052">[More Information]</a>
Tokuda, G., Lo, N., Takase, A., Yamada, A.,
Hayashi, Y., Watanabe, H. (2008). Purification
and partial genome characterization of the
bacterial endosymbiont Blattabacterium cuenoti
from the fat bodies of cockroaches. BMC
Research Notes, 1(118), 1-9. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-1-11
8">[More Information]</a>
Klass, K., Nalepa, C., Lo, N. (2008).
Wood-feeding cockroaches as models for termite
evolution (Insecta : Dictyoptera): Cryptocercus
vs. Parasphaeria boleiriana. Molecular
Phylogenetics and Evolution, 46(3), 809-817. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11
.028">[More Information]</a>
2007
Lo, N., Beninati, T., Stone, F., Sacchi, L.,
Walker, J. (2007). Cockroaches that lack
Blattabacterium endosymbionts: the
phylogenetically divergent genus Nocticola.
Biology Letters, 3(3), 327-330.
Tokuda, G., Watanabe, H., Lo, N. (2007). Does
correlation of cellulase gene expression and
cellulolytic activity in the gut of termite suggest
synergistic collaboration of cellulases? Gene,
401(1-2), 131-134. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2007.06.0
28">[More Information]</a>
Lo, N., Evans, T. (2007). Phylogenetic diversity
of the intracellular symbiont Wolbachia in
termites. Molecular Phylogenetics and
Hayashi, Y., Lo, N., Miyata, H., Kitade, O.
(2007). Sex-linked genetic influence on caste
determination in a termite. Science, 318(5852),
985-987.
Lo, N., Paraskevopoulos, C., Bourtzis, K.,
O'Neill, S., Werren, J., Bordenstein, S., Bandi, C.
(2007). Taxonomic status of the intracellular
bacterium Wolbachia pipientis. International
Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary
Microbiology, 57(3), 654-657.
2006
Sassera, D., Beninati, T., Bandi, C., Bouman, E.,
Sacchi, L., Fabbi, M., Lo, N. (2006). 'Candidatus
Midichloria mitochondrii', an endosymbiont of
the tick Ixodes ricinus with a unique
intramitochondrial lifestyle. International
Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary
Microbiology, 56(11), 2535-2540.
Lo, N., Beninati, T., Sacchi, L., Bandi, C. (2006).
An alpha-proteobacterium invades the
mitochondria of the tick Ixodes ricinus. In
Kostas Bourtziz and Thomas A Miller (Eds.),
Insect Symbiosis, (pp. 25-39). Boca Raton,
Florida, USA: CRC Press.
Lo, N., Luykx, P., Santoni, R., Beninati, T.,
Bandi, C., Casiraghi, M., Wen-hua, L.,
Zakharov, E., Nalepa, C. (2006). Molecular
phylogeny of Cryptocercus wood-roaches based
on mitochondrial COII and 16S sequences, and
chromosome numbers in Palearctic
representatives. Zoological Science: an
international journal, 23(4), 393-398.
Lo, N., Eldridge, R., Lenz, M. (2006). Phylogeny
of Australian Coptotermes (Isoptera :
Rhinotermitidae) species inferred from
mitochondrial COII sequences. Bulletin of
Entomological Research, 96(4), 433-437.
Watanabe, H., Takase, A., Tokuda, G., Yamada,
A., Lo, N. (2006). Symbiotic "Archaezoa" of the
primitive termite Mastotermes darwiniensis still
play a role in cellulase production. Eukaryotic
Cell, 5(9), 1571-1576.
Lo, N., Beninati, T., Sassera, D., Bouman, E.,
Santagati, S., Gern, L., Sambri, V., Masuzawa,
T., Gray, J., Jaenson, T., et al (2006).
Widespread distribution and high prevalence of
an alpha-proteobacterial symbiont in the tick
Ixodes ricinus. Environmental Microbiology,
8(7), 1280-1287.
2005
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Tokuda, G., Lo, N., Watanabe, H. (2005).
Marked variations in patterns of cellulase activity
against crystalline- vs. carboxymethyl-cellulose
in the digestive systems of diverse, wood-feeding
termites. Physiological Entomology, 30(4),
372-380.
Baldo, L., Lo, N., Werren, J. (2005). Mosaic
nature of the Wolbachia surface protein. Journal
of Bacteriology, 187(15), 5406-5418.
Matsumoto, T. (2004). Molecular phylogeny of
Rhinotermitidae. Insectes Sociaux, 51(4),
365-371. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-004-075
9-8">[More Information]</a>
Thompson, G., Kitade, O., Lo, N., Crozier, R.
(2004). On The Origin Of Termite Workers:
Weighing Up The Phylogenetic Evidence.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 17(1), 217-220.
Maekawa, K., Kon, M., Matsumoto, T., Araya,
K., Lo, N. (2005). Phylogenetic analyses of fat
body endosymbionts reveal differences in
invasion times of blaberid wood-feeding
Cockroaches (Blaberidae:panesthiinae) into the
Japanese archipelago. Zoological Science: an
international journal, 22(10), 1061-1067.
2003
Maekawa, K., Park, Y., Lo, N. (2005).
Phylogeny of endosymbiont bacteria harbored by
the woodroach Cryptocercus spp.
(Cryptocercidae : Blattaria): Molecular clock
evidence for a late Cretaceous-early Tertiary split
of Asian and American lineages. Molecular
Phylogenetics and Evolution, 36(3), 728-733.
Lo, N., Watanabe, H., Sugimura, M. (2003).
Evidence for the presence of a cellulase gene in
the last common ancestor of bilaterian animals.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological
Sciences, 270(Suppl 1), S69-S72.
Casiraghi, M., Bordenstein, S., Baldo, L., Lo, N.,
Beninati, T., Wernegreen, J., Werren, J., Bandi,
C. (2005). Phylogeny of Wolbachia pipientis
based on gltA, groEL and ftsZ gene sequences:
clustering of arthropod and nematode symbionts
in the F supergroup, and evidence for further
diversity in the Wolbachia tree. Microbiology,
151(12), 4015-4022. <a
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Beninati, T., Genchi, C., Torina, A., Caracappa,
S., Bandi, C., Lo, N. (2005). Rickettsiae in
ixodid ticks, Sicily. Emerging Infectious
Diseases, 11(3), 509-511.
2004
Beninati, T., Lo, N., Sacchi, L., Genchi, C.,
Noda, H., Bandi, C. (2004). A novel
alpha-proteobacterium resides in the
mitochondria of ovarian cells of the tick Ixodes
ricinus. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology, 70(5), 2596-2602.
Sacchi, L., Bigliardi, E., Corona, S., Beninati, T.,
Lo, N., Franceschi, A. (2004). A symbiont of the
tick Ixodes ricinus invades and consumes
mitochondria in a mode similar to that of the
parasitic bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus.
Tissue and Cell, 36(1), 43-53.
Tokuda, G., Lo, N., Watanabe, H., Arakawa, G.,
Matsumoto, T., Noda, H. (2004). Major
alteration of the expression site of endogenous
cellulases in members of an apical termite
lineage. Molecular Ecology, 13(10), 3219-3228.
Lo, N., Kitade, O., Miura, T., Constantino, R.,
Lo, N., Bandi, C., Watanabe, H., Nalepa, C.,
Beninati, T. (2003). Evidence for cocladogenesis
between diverse dictyopteran lineages and their
intracellular endosymbionts. Molecular Biology
and Evolution, 20(6), 907-913.
Sugimura, M., Watanabe, H., Lo, N., Saito, H.
(2003). Purification, characterization, cDNA
cloning and nucleotide sequencing of a cellulase
from the yellow-spotted longicorn beetle,
Psacothea hilaris. The FEBS Journal, 270,
3455-3460.
Maekawa, K., Lo, N., Rose, H., Matsumoto, T.
(2003). The evolution of soil-burrowing
cockroaches (Blattaria: Blaberidae) from
wood-burrowing ancestors following an invasion
of the latter from Asia into Australia.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological
Sciences, 270(1521), 1301-1307.
2002
Beninati, T., Lo, N., Noda, H., Esposito, F.,
Rizzoli, A., Favia, G., Genchi, C. (2002). First
Detection of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae
in Ixodes ricinus from Italy. Emerging Infectious
Diseases, 8, 983-986.
Beninati, T., Lo, N., Noda, H., Esposito, F.,
Rizzoli, A., Favia, G., Genchi, C. (2002). First
detection of spotted fever group rickettsiae in
Ixodes ricinus from Italy. Emerging Infectious
Diseases, 8(9), 983-986.
Lo, N., Casiraghi, M., Salati, E., Bazzocchi, C.,
Bandi, C. (2002). How many Wolbachia
supergroups exist? Molecular Biology and
Evolution, 19(3), 341-346.