ReviewPublished 12 October 2026Living within: endosymbiosis in parasites of medical importance—profits, expenses, and implications for host–parasite interactionsIman R. Abdel Shafi · Safeya O. El Bassiouni · Magda S. A. AbdeltawabFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiologydoi 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1956183
Original ResearchPublished 1 October 2026Molecular screening for Wolbachia endosymbionts in phlebotomine sand flies within the North Central Province, Sri LankaF. B. R. P. Kumara · D. K. Hettiarachchi · N. D. A. D. WijegunawardanaFrontiers in Microbiomesdoi 10.3389/frmbi.2026.1905698
Original ResearchPublished 3 September 2026Larval diet-mediated morphological trait and Wolbachia density variation in Wolbachia -transinfected (w Mel and w AlbB) and Wolbachia -free Aedes aegypti mosquitoesAravind Revi · Yazhini Gunasekaran · Vidhya Pachalil Thiruvoth · Amala Ramasamy · Waseema Arif · Manimaran Kuppusamy · Devi Venugopal · Kayalvizhi Ebinezar · Esther Bakianathan · Alosia Essoudasse · Pavithra Parandamane · Amrutha Vijayan · Tamilselvan Anbazhagan · Esther Nirmala Mary · Hemasankar Ramkumar · Ananganallur Nagarajan Shriram · Manju RahiFrontiers in Insect Sciencedoi 10.3389/finsc.2026.1887426
Original ResearchPublished 28 August 2026Short-term temperature fluctuations show minimal effects on worker gut microbiota in Bombus terrestris under controlled conditionsNuria Blasco-Lavilla · Andrés García-Reina · Alejandro López-López · Pilar De la RúaFrontiers in Insect Sciencedoi 10.3389/finsc.2026.1867923
Systematic ReviewPublished 7 July 2026Global variations and implications of microbiome communities in Ixodidae ticks: a systematic review and quality assessmentTapiwanashe Annamary Mhlanga · Alicia Pillay · Samson MukaratirwaFrontiers in Bacteriologydoi 10.3389/fbrio.2026.1868676
Original ResearchPublished 19 May 2026Solid-state and solution complexation of dopamine with the silicotungstic Keggin polyoxometalateFredric G. Svensson · Vadim G. KesslerFrontiers in Chemical Biologydoi 10.3389/fchbi.2026.1821236
Original ResearchPublished 5 March 2026Photophysiological performance of zooxanthellate endosymbionts (Symbiodiniaceae) in the golden jellyfish Mastigias papua across a natural environmental gradient in marine lakes of Palau (Micronesia)Philippe Pondaven · Herwig Stibor · Jessica Yu-Tung Huang · Maria Stockenreiter · Stephan Behl · Thomas C. Stieglitz · Sharon Patris · Gerda UcharmFrontiers in Photobiologydoi 10.3389/fphbi.2026.1670101
ProtistologyPublished 20 October 2025Integrative taxonomy, whole organelle genomes and endosymbiosis in Rhopalodia sterrenburgii KrammerAimee Caye G. Chang · Mailor W. W. Amaral · Kyle G. Keepers · Megan Greenwood · Jingchun Li · Sarah E. Hamsher · Scott R. Miller · J. Patrick KociolekFrontiers in Eukaryotic Microbiologydoi 10.3389/frpro.2025.1663791
PhotobiologyPublished 29 August 2025Assessment of the morphological features, physiological and photosynthetic activity of the different cell forms of Symbiodiniaceae using microfluidic methodsMilán Szabó · Zoltán Szabó · Ágnes Ábrahám · Krisztina Nagy · László Sass · Péter Galajda · Imre VassFrontiers in Photobiologydoi 10.3389/fphbi.2025.1645420
ProtistologyPublished 2 April 2024Contaminant or goldmine? In silico assessment of Symbiodiniaceae community using coral hologenomesHisatake Ishida · Cynthia Riginos · Cheong Xin ChanFrontiers in Eukaryotic Microbiologydoi 10.3389/frpro.2024.1376877
ProtistologyPublished 8 January 2024Tracking down the rare ciliate biosphereJames Weiss · Genoveva F. EstebanFrontiers in Eukaryotic Microbiologydoi 10.3389/frpro.2023.1308546