Everything about Wigglesworthia Glossinidia Brevipalpis totally explained
Wigglesworthia glossinidia brevipalpis is a
Gram-negative bacterium in the family
Enterobacteriaceae, related to
E. coli, which lives in the gut of the
tsetse fly. The bacterium bears the name of the British
entomologist who first described it,
Sir Vincent Brian Wigglesworth.
Wigglesworthia has symbiotically co-evolved with the tsetse fly for millions of years, and is a text book example of a bacterial
endosymbiont. Because of this relationship,
Wigglesworthia has lost a large part of its
genome and has one of the smallest known genomes of any living organism. Together with
Buchnera aphidicola,
Wigglesworthia has been the subject of genetic research into the
minimal genome necessary for any living organism.
Wigglesworthia also synthesizes key vitamins which the tsetse fly doesn't get from its diet of blood. Without the vitamins
Wigglesworthia produces, the tsetse fly can't reproduce. Since the tsetse fly spreads
african sleeping sickness,
Wigglesworthia may one day be used to control the spread of this terrible disease.
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