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Nadal-Jimenez, Pol ORCID: 0000-0002-9883-0920, Siozios, Stefanos ORCID: 0000-0002-1104-7061, Frost, Crystal L, Court, Rebecca, Chrostek, Ewa ORCID: 0000-0003-1825-372X, Drew, Georgia C, Evans, Jay D, Hawthorne, David J, Burritt, James B and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2022) Arsenophonus apicola sp. nov., isolated from the honeybee Apis mellifera. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 72 (8).

Pastok, Daria, Atkinson, David ORCID: 0000-0002-9956-2454 and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2015) Assessing the impact of male-killing bacteria on the spread of a sexually transmitted infection. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 107. pp. 41-48.

Pilgrim, Jack ORCID: 0000-0002-2941-1482, Siozios, Stefanos ORCID: 0000-0002-1104-7061, Baylis, Matthew ORCID: 0000-0003-0335-187X, Venter, Gert, Garros, Claire and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2021) Cardinium symbiosis as a potential confounder of mtDNA based phylogeographic inference in Culicoides imicola (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), a vector of veterinary viruses (vol 14, 100, 2021). PARASITES & VECTORS, 14 (1). 128-.

Tola, Yosef Hamba, Waweru, Jacqueline Wahura, Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784, Slippers, Bernard and Paredes, Juan C (2020) Characterization of the Kenyan Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Gut Microbiota: A First Look at Tropical and Sub-Saharan African Bee Associated Microbiomes. Microorganisms, 8 (11). p. 1721.

Siozios, Stefanos ORCID: 0000-0002-1104-7061, Moran, Josephine, Chege, Mary, Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 and Paredes, Juan C (2019) Complete Reference Genome Assembly for Commensalibacter sp. Strain AMU001, an Acetic Acid Bacterium Isolated from the Gut of Honey Bees. Microbiology resource announcements, 8 (1). e01459-e01418.

Ryder, Jonathan J, Hoare, Mary-Jo, Pastok, Daria, Bottery, Michael, Boots, Michael, Fenton, Andrew ORCID: 0000-0002-7676-917X, Atkinson, David ORCID: 0000-0002-9956-2454, Knell, Robert J and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2014) Disease Epidemiology in Arthropods Is Altered by the Presence of Nonprotective Symbionts. AMERICAN NATURALIST, 183 (3). E89-E104.

Dittmer, Jessica, van Opstal, Edward J, Shropshire, J Dylan, Bordenstein, Seth R, Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 and Brucker, Robert M (2016) Disentangling a Holobiont - Recent Advances and Perspectives in <i>Nasonia</i> Wasps. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, 7 (SEP). 1478-.

Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2017) Extended genomes: symbiosis and evolution. INTERFACE FOCUS, 7 (5). 20170001-.

Nadal-Jimenez, Pol ORCID: 0000-0002-9883-0920, Griffin, Joanne S ORCID: 0000-0002-6401-7544, Davies, Lianne, Frost, Crystal L ORCID: 0000-0002-4370-8741, Marcello, Marco ORCID: 0000-0002-2392-8640 and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2019) Genetic manipulation allows in vivo tracking of the life cycle of the son-killer symbiont, Arsenophonus nasoniae, and reveals patterns of host invasion, tropism and pathology. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 21 (8). pp. 3172-3182.

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Davison, Helen R ORCID: 0000-0002-4302-5756, Pilgrim, Jack, Wybouw, Nicky, Parker, Joseph, Pirro, Stacy, Hunter-Barnett, Simon, Campbell, Paul M, Blow, Frances, Darby, Alistair C ORCID: 0000-0002-3786-6209, Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 et al (show 1 more authors) and Siozios, Stefanos ORCID: 0000-0002-1104-7061 (2022) Genomic diversity across the Rickettsia and 'Candidatus Megaira' genera and proposal of genus status for the Torix group. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 13 (1). 2630-.

Davison, Helen R ORCID: 0000-0002-4302-5756 and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2023) Hidden from plain sight: Novel Simkaniaceae and Rhabdochlamydiaceae diversity emerging from screening genomic and metagenomic data. Systematic and applied microbiology, 46 (6). 126468-.

Jones, Jordan E ORCID: 0000-0002-3484-4450 and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2023) History matters: thermal environment before, but not during wasp attack determines the efficiency of symbiont‐mediated protection. Molecular Ecology, 32 (12). pp. 3340-3351.

Chrostek, Ewa ORCID: 0000-0003-1825-372X, Pelz-Stelinski, Kirsten, Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 and Hughes, Grant L (2017) Horizontal Transmission of Intracellular Insect Symbionts via Plants. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, 8 (NOV). 2237-.

Frost, Crystal L ORCID: 0000-0002-4370-8741, Siozios, Stefanos ORCID: 0000-0002-1104-7061, Nadal-Jimenez, Pol ORCID: 0000-0002-9883-0920, Brockhurst, Michael A, King, Kayla C, Darby, Alistair C ORCID: 0000-0002-3786-6209 and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2020) The Hypercomplex Genome of an Insect Reproductive Parasite Highlights the Importance of Lateral Gene Transfer in Symbiont Biology. mBio, 11 (2). e02590-e02519.

Budge, Giles E, Adams, Ian, Thwaites, Richard, Pietravalle, Stephane, Drew, Georgia C, Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784, Tomkies, Victoria, Boonham, Neil and Brown, Mike (2016) Identifying bacterial predictors of honey bee health. JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY, 141. pp. 41-44.

Thongprem, Panupong ORCID: 0000-0001-6542-235X, Davison, Helen R ORCID: 0000-0002-4302-5756, Thompson, David J, Olalla Lorenzo-Carballa, M and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2020) Incidence and Diversity of TorixRickettsia-Odonata Symbioses. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY, 81 (1). pp. 203-212.

Chrostek, Ewa ORCID: 0000-0003-1825-372X, Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 and McGraw, Elizabeth A (2020) Infectious Diseases: Antiviral Wolbachia Limits Dengue in Malaysia. Current Biology, 30 (1). R30-R32.

Camus, M Florencia, Alexander-Lawrie, Bridie, Sharbrough, Joel and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2022) Inheritance through the cytoplasm. HEREDITY, 129 (1). pp. 31-43.

Drew, GC (2019) The Interaction between Arsenophonus and its Eusocial Host. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Bankers, Laura, Dahan, Dylan, Neiman, Maurine, Adrian-Tucci, Claire, Frost, Crystal, Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 and King, Kayla C (2020) Invasive freshwater snails form novel microbial relationships. Evolutionary Applications: evolutionary approaches to environmental, biomedical and socio-economic issues, 14 (3). pp. 770-780.

Davison, Helen ORCID: 0000-0002-4302-5756 (2023) Investigating the evolution and ecology of obscure bacterial symbioses found in invertebrates, ciliates and algae. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Nadal-Jimenez, Pol ORCID: 0000-0002-9883-0920, Parratt, Steven R, Siozios, Stefanos and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2023) Isolation, culture and characterization of <i>Arsenophonus</i> symbionts from two insect species reveal loss of infectious transmission and extended host range. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, 14. 1089143-.

Archer, Jack, Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 and Hornett, Emily A ORCID: 0000-0002-7747-0583 (2023) Male-killer symbiont screening reveals novel associations in <i>Adalia</i> ladybirds. Access microbiology, 5 (7). acmi000585.v3-acmi000585.v3.

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Verspoor, Rudi L, Soglo, Murielle, Adeoti, Razack, Djouaka, Rousseau, Edwards, Sam, Fristedt, Rikard, Langton, Maud, Moriana, Rosana, Osborne, Matthew, Parr, Catherine L ORCID: 0000-0003-1627-763X et al (show 3 more authors) , Powell, Kathryn, Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 and Landberg, Rikard (2020) Mineral analysis reveals extreme manganese concentrations in wild harvested and commercially available edible termites. Scientific Reports, 10 (1). 6146-.

Jones, Sophie L, Pastok, Daria and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2015) No evidence that presence of sexually transmitted infection selects for reduced mating rate in the two spot ladybird, <i>Adalia bipunctata</i>. PEERJ, 3 (8). e1148-.

Hornett, Emily AA ORCID: 0000-0002-7747-0583 and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2023) One strain may hide another: Cryptic male-killing <i>Wolbachia</i>. PLOS BIOLOGY, 21 (3). e3002076-.

Fenton, Andy ORCID: 0000-0002-7676-917X, Camus, M Florencia and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2021) Positive selection on mitochondria may eliminate heritable microbes from arthropod populations. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 288 (1959). 20211735-.

Griffin, Joanne S ORCID: 0000-0002-6401-7544, Gerth, Michael and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2022) Rapid divergence in independent aspects of the compatibility phenotype in a <i>Spiroplasma-Drosophila</i> interaction. Microbiology (Reading, England), 168 (12).

Gerth, Michael, Martinez-Montoya, Humberto, Ramirez, Paulino, Masson, Florent, Griffin, Joanne S ORCID: 0000-0002-6401-7544, Aramayo, Rodolfo, Siozios, Stefanos ORCID: 0000-0002-1104-7061, Lemaitre, Bruno, Mateos, Mariana and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2021) Rapid molecular evolution of Spiroplasma symbionts of Drosophila. MICROBIAL GENOMICS, 7 (2). pp. 1-15.

Brockhurst, Michael A, Chapman, Tracey, King, Kayla C, Mank, Judith E, Paterson, Steve ORCID: 0000-0002-1307-2981 and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2014) Running with the Red Queen: the role of biotic conflicts in evolution. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 281 (1797). 20141382-.

Hornett, Emily A, Kageyama, Daisuke and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2022) Sex determination systems as the interface between male-killing bacteria and their hosts. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 289 (1972). 20212781-.

Gerth, Michael ORCID: 0000-0001-7553-4072 and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2017) Short reads from honey bee (<i>Apis</i> sp.) sequencing projects reflect microbial associate diversity. PEERJ, 5 (7). e3529-.

Verspoor, Rudi L, Smith, Jack ML, Mannion, Natasha LM, Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 and Price, Tom AR ORCID: 0000-0002-4394-6301 (2018) Strong hybrid male incompatibilities impede the spread of a selfish chromosome between populations of a fly. Evolution Letters, 2 (3). pp. 169-179.

Reynolds, Louise A, Hornett, Emily A ORCID: 0000-0002-7747-0583, Jiggins, Chris D and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2019) Suppression of <i>Wolbachia</i>-mediated male-killing in the butterfly <i>Hypolimnas bolina</i> involves a single genomic region. PEERJ, 7 (10). e7677-.

Jones, Jordan E ORCID: 0000-0002-3484-4450 and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2020) Symbiont-mediated fly survival is independent of defensive symbiont genotype in the<i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>-<i>Spiroplasma</i>-wasp interaction. JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 33 (11). pp. 1625-1633.

Siozios, Stefanos ORCID: 0000-0002-1104-7061, Gerth, Michael ORCID: 0000-0001-7553-4072, Griffin, Joanne S ORCID: 0000-0002-6401-7544 and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2018) Symbiosis: Wolbachia Host Shifts in the Fast Lane. CURRENT BIOLOGY, 28 (6). R269-R271.

Corbin, Chris ORCID: 0000-0003-4525-5069, Jones, Jordan E ORCID: 0000-0002-3484-4450, Chrostek, Ewa ORCID: 0000-0003-1825-372X, Fenton, Andy ORCID: 0000-0002-7676-917X and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2021) Thermal sensitivity of the <i>Spiroplasma</i>-<i>Drosophila hydei</i> protective symbiosis: The best of climes, the worst of climes. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 30 (5). pp. 1336-1344.

Pilgrim, Jack ORCID: 0000-0002-2941-1482, Siozios, Stefanos ORCID: 0000-0002-1104-7061, Baylis, Matthew ORCID: 0000-0003-0335-187X and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2020) The Tissue Tropisms and Transstadial Transmission of a Rickettsia Endosymbiont in the Highland Midge, Culicoides impunctatus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 86 (20). e01492-e01420.

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Pilgrim, Jack ORCID: 0000-0002-2941-1482, Thongprem, Panupong ORCID: 0000-0001-6542-235X, Davison, Helen R ORCID: 0000-0002-4302-5756, Siozios, Stefanos ORCID: 0000-0002-1104-7061, Baylis, Matthew ORCID: 0000-0003-0335-187X, Zakharov, Evgeny V, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, deWaard, Jeremy R, Macadam, Craig R, Smith, M Alex et al (show 1 more authors) and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2021) Torix Rickettsia are widespread in arthropods and reflect a neglected symbiosis. GigaScience, 10 (3). giab021-.

Drew, Georgia C, Budge, Giles E, Frost, Crystal L, Neumann, Peter, Siozios, Stefanos, Yanez, Orlando and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2021) Transitions in symbiosis: evidence for environmental acquisition and social transmission within a clade of heritable symbionts. ISME JOURNAL, 15 (10). pp. 2956-2968.

Thongprem, Panupong ORCID: 0000-0001-6542-235X, Evison, Sophie EF, Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 and Otti, Oliver (2020) Transmission, Tropism, and Biological Impacts of Torix <i>Rickettsia</i> in the Common Bed Bug <i>Cimex lectularius</i> (Hemiptera: Cimicidae). FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, 11. 608763-.

Siozios, Stefanos ORCID: 0000-0002-1104-7061, Pilgrim, Jack ORCID: 0000-0002-2941-1482, Darby, Alistair C ORCID: 0000-0002-3786-6209, Baylis, Matthew ORCID: 0000-0003-0335-187X and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2019) The draft genome of strain <i>c</i>Cpun from biting midges confirms insect <i>Cardinium</i> are not a monophyletic group and reveals a novel gene family expansion in a symbiont. PEERJ, 7 (2). e6448-.

Siozios, Stefanos, Pilgrim, Jack, Darby, Alistair C ORCID: 0000-0002-3786-6209, Baylis, Matthew ORCID: 0000-0003-0335-187X and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2019) The draft genome of strain cCpun from biting midges establishes Cardinium as a paraphyletic group, and reveals a novel gene family expansion in a symbiont. PeerJ.

Siozios, Stefanos, Pilgrim, Jack, Darby, Alistair C ORCID: 0000-0002-3786-6209, Baylis, Matthew ORCID: 0000-0003-0335-187X and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2019) The draft genome of strain cCpun from biting midges establishes Cardinium as a paraphyletic group, and reveals a novel gene family expansion in a symbiont. PeerJ.

Midha, Samriti, Rigden, Daniel J ORCID: 0000-0002-7565-8937, Siozios, Stefanos ORCID: 0000-0002-1104-7061, Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 and Jackson, Andrew P ORCID: 0000-0002-5704-8596 (2021) <i>Bodo saltans</i> (Kinetoplastida) is dependent on a novel <i>Paracaedibacter</i>-like endosymbiont that possesses multiple putative toxin-antitoxin systems. ISME JOURNAL, 15 (6). pp. 1680-1694.

Davison, Helen Rebecca ORCID: 0000-0002-4302-5756, Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 and Siozios, Stefanos ORCID: 0000-0002-1104-7061 (2023) '<i>Candidatus</i> Megaira' are diverse symbionts of algae and ciliates with the potential for defensive symbiosis. Microbial genomics, 9 (3).

Davison, Helen R ORCID: 0000-0002-4302-5756, Crozier, Jessica, Pirro, Stacy, Kampen, Helge, Werner, Doreen and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2023) '<i>Candidatus</i> Tisiphia' is a widespread Rickettsiaceae symbiont in the mosquito <i>Anopheles plumbeus</i> (Diptera: Culicidae). ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 25 (12). pp. 3064-3074.

Pilgrim, Jack ORCID: 0000-0002-2941-1482, Siozios, Stefanos ORCID: 0000-0002-1104-7061, Baylis, Matthew ORCID: 0000-0003-0335-187X, Venter, Gert, Garros, Claire and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2021) <i>Cardinium</i> symbiosis as a potential confounder of mtDNA based phylogeographic inference in <i>Culicoides imicola</i> (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), a vector of veterinary viruses. PARASITES & VECTORS, 14 (1). 100-.

Nadal-Jimenez, Pol ORCID: 0000-0002-9883-0920, Siozios, Stefanos ORCID: 0000-0002-1104-7061, Halliday, Nigel, Camara, Miguel and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2022) <i>Symbiopectobacterium purcellii</i>, gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the leafhopper <i>Empoasca decipiens</i>. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 72 (6).

Pastok, Daria, Hoare, Mary-Jo, Ryder, Jon J, Boots, Mike, Knell, Rob J, Atkinson, David ORCID: 0000-0002-9956-2454 and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2016) The role of host phenology in determining the incidence of an insect sexually transmitted infection. OIKOS, 125 (5). pp. 636-643.

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Nadal-Jimenez, Pol ORCID: 0000-0002-9883-0920, Frost, Crystal L, Cláudia Norte, Ana, Garrido-Bautista, Jorge, Wilkes, Timothy E, Connell, Rowan, Rice, Annabel, Krams, Indrikis, Eeva, Tapio, Christe, Phillipe et al (show 2 more authors) , Moreno-Rueda, Gregorio and Hurst, Gregory DD ORCID: 0000-0002-7163-7784 (2023) The son-killer microbe Arsenophonus nasoniae is a widespread associate of the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis in Europe. Journal of invertebrate pathology, 199. p. 107947.