Department of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. brendan.wren@lshtm.ac.uk
The genome sequence of the bacterial endosymbiont Wigglesworthia glossinidia that resides in the gut of the tsetse fly has been determined. Because the tsetse fly relies on this bacterium for fertility and nutrition, this information may be useful in reducing fly populations and halting the spread of the deadly African sleeping disease.
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