Behaviour and Genetics of Social Insects Lab Behaviour
   

Nate Lo

Publications

*Senior/Corresponding Author
^These authors contributed equally to this work
2004 journal Impact Factors shown in square brackets

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Book Chapters

1) Lo N, Beninati T, Sacchi L, Bandi C (2006) An alphaproteobacterium invades the mitochondria of the tick Ixodes ricinus. in Insect Symbiosis II, eds Bourtzis K & Miller TA. CRC Press, Boca Raton. pp 25-37

Articles in refereed journals

33) Lo N*, Engel MS, Cameron S, Nalepa CA, Tokuda G, Grimaldi D, Kitade O, Krishna K, Klass KD, Maekawa K, Miura T & Thompson GJ (2007) Save Isoptera. A comment on Inward et al. Biology Letters, in press

32) Lo N*, Beninati T, Stone F, Walker J & Sacchi L (2007) Cockroaches that lack Blattabacterium endosymbionts: the phylogenetically divergent genus Nocticola. Biology Letters, 3: 327-330 [2.0 (2006 IF)] (Supplementary Material)

31) Lo N*, Paraskevopoulos C, Bourtzis K, O'Neill SL, Werren JH, Bordenstein SR & Bandi C (2007) Phylogenetic and taxonomic status of the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia pipientis. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 57: 654-657 [3.0]

30) Lo N* & Evans T (2007) Phylogenetic diversity of the intracellular symbiont Wolbachia in termites. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 44: 461-466 [4.0]

29) 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: 1571-6 [4.2]

28) Sassera D, Beninati T, Bandi C, Boumann E, Sacchi L Fabbi V & 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: 2535-2540 [3.0]

27) Lo N*, Eldridge RH, Lenz M (2006) Phylogeny of Australian Coptotermes species inferred from mitochondrial COII sequences. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 96: 433-7. [1.3]

26) Lo N^*, Beninati T^, Sassera D, Bouman EAP, Santagati S, Gern L, Sambri V, Masuzawa T, Gray J, Jaenson TGT, Bouattour A, Bitam I, Kenny MJ, Guner ES, Kharitonenkov IG, Bandi C (2006) Widespread distribution and high prevalence of an alpha-proteobacterial symbiont in females of the tick Ixodes ricinus. Environmental Microbiology 8: 1280-1287 [4.0]

25) Lo N*, Luykx P, Santoni R, Beninati T, Bandi C, Casiraghi M, Wen-Hua L, Nalepa C (2006) Molecular phylogeny of the wood-roach Cryptocercus based on mitochondrial COII and 16S sequences, and chromosome numbers in Palearctic representatives. Zoological Science 23: 393-398 [1.0]

24) Tokuda G, Lo N, Watanabe H (2005) Marked variations in patterns of cellulase activity against crystalline- versus carboxymethyl-cellulose in the digestive systems of diverse, wood-feeding termites. Physiological Entomology, 30: 372-380 [1.4]

23) Maekawa K, Kon M, Matsumoto M, Araya K & Lo N, (2005) Phylogenetic analyses of fat body endosymbionts reveal differences in invasion times of Panesthia and Salganea wood-feeding cockroaches into the Japanese archipelago (Blaberidae: Panesthiinae) Zoological Science, 22: 1061-1067 [1.0]

22) Casiraghi M, Bordenstein, Baldo L, Lo N*, Beninati T, Wernegreen, Werren & Bandi C (2005) Phylogeny of Wolbachia 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: 4015-4022 [3.1]

21) Baldo L, Lo N & Werren J (2005) The Mosaic Nature of WSP, the Wolbachia Surface Protein. Journal of Bacteriology, 187: 5406-5418 [4.1]

20) Maekawa K, Park YC & 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: 728-733 [4.2]

19) Beninati T, Genchi C, Torina A, Caracappa S, Bandi C & Lo N (2005) Rickettsiae in Ixodid Ticks, Sicily. Emerging Infectious Diseases 11: 509-511 [5.6]

18) Lo N, Kitade O, Miura T, Constantino R & Matsumoto T (2004) Molecular phylogeny of Rhinotermitidae. Insectes Sociaux 51: 365-371. [1.5]

17) Tokuda G^, Lo N^, Watanabe H, Arakawa G, Matsumoto T & Noda H (2004) Striking alteration of the expression site of endogenous cellulases in a major termite lineage. Molecular Ecology 13: 3219-3228 [4.4]

16) 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: 2596-602 [3.8] and Comment in Nature Reviews Microbiology

15) Thompson GJ, Kitade O, Lo N & Crozier RH (2004) On the origin of termite workers: weighing up the phylogenetic evidence. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17: 217-220 [2.9] and erratum

14) 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, 36:43-53. [0.9]

13) Lo N*, Sugimura M & Watanabe H (2003) Evidence for the presence of a cellulase gene in the last common ancestor of bilaterian animals. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B (Biological Sciences) 270: S69-72 [3.7]

12) 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. European Journal of Biochemistry. 270: 3455-3460. [3.3]

11) Lo N*, Bandi C, Watanabe H, Nalepa C & Beninati T (2003). Evidence for co-cladogenesis between diverse dictyopteran lineages and their intracellular endosymbionts. Molecular Biology and Evolution 20: 907-913. [6.4] and supplementary material

10) Maekawa K, Lo N*, Rose H & Matsumoto T (2003). The evolution of soil-burrowing cockroaches from wood-burrowing ancestors following an invasion of the latter from Asia into Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B (Biological Sciences) 270:1301-1307 [3.7]

9) 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 [5.6]

8) Lo N*, Casiraghi M, Salati E, Bazzocchi C & Bandi C (2002) How many Wolbachia supergroups exist? Molecular Biology and Evolution, 19: 341-346 [6.4]

7) Thompson GJ, Kitade O, Lo N & Crozier RH (2000) Phylogenetic evidence for a single, ancestral origin of a 'true' worker caste in termites. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 13: 869-881 [2.9]

6) Lo N*, Tokuda G, Watanabe H, Rose H, Slaytor M, Maekawa K, Bandi C & Noda H (2000) Evidence from multiple gene sequences indicates that termites evolved from wood-feeding cockroaches. Current Biology 10: 801-804 [11.9] and supplementary material

5) Tokuda G^, Lo N^, Watanabe H, Slaytor M, Matsumoto T & Noda H (1999) Metazoan cellulase genes from termites: intron/exon structures and sites of expression. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (Gene Structure and Expression) 1447: 146-159 [2.0]

4) Maekawa K, Lo N, Kitade O, Miura T & Matsumoto T (1999) Molecular phylogeny and geographic distribution of wood-feeding cockroaches in East Asian islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 13: 360-376. [4.2]

3) Watanabe H, Noda H, Tokuda H & Lo N (1998) A cellulase gene of termite origin. Nature 394: 330-331 [32.1]

2) Slaytor M, Veivers P & Lo N (1997) Aerobic and anaerobic metabolism in the higher termite Nasutitermes walkeri (Hill). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 27: 291-03 [2.2]

1) Nunes N, Bignell DE, Lo N & Eggleton P (1997) On the respiratory quotient (RQ) of termites (Insecta: Isoptera). Journal of Insect Physiology. 43: 749-58 [1.5]