title: The rich somatic life of Wolbachia.
abstract: Wolbachia is an intracellular endosymbiont infecting most arthropod and some filarial nematode species that is vertically transmitted through the maternal lineage. Due to this primary mechanism of transmission, most studies have focused on Wolbachia interactions with the host germline. However, over the last decade many studies have emerged highlighting the prominence of Wolbachia in somatic tissues, implicating somatic tissue tropism as an important aspect of the life history of this endosymbiont. Here, we review our current understanding of Wolbachia-host interactions at both the cellular and organismal level, with a focus on Wolbachia in somatic tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA.
authors.forename: Jose E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Pietri
authors.affiliation: Biological Sciences Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: DeBruhl
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000382:microbiology*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions / Q000502:physiology*; D009348:Nematoda / Q000382:microbiology*; D020577:Wolbachia / Q000472:pathogenicity*
keywords: 
  Wolbachia
  ; cytoskeleton; endosymbiont; horizontal; insect; invasion; migration; nematode; pathogen resistance; somatic; transfer; virus