Marine diatoms Coscinodiscus granii: They live in open waters such as the North Sea. Under the microscope, many single-celled diatoms can be seen, some of which are healthy, while others are infected by an egg fungus. The zoospores that the fungus forms for reproduction can be seen as small dots.

Publications of Thomas Ogao Onchuru

Journal Article (6)

2019
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Martinez, A. J.; Onchuru, T. O.; Ingham, C. S.; Sandoval-Calderon, M.; Salem, H.; Deckert, J.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Angiosperm to Gymnosperm host-plant switch entails shifts in microbiota of the Welwitschia bug, Probergrothius angolensis (Distant, 1902). Molecular Ecology 28 (23), pp. 5172 - 5187 (2019)
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Onchuru, T. O.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Quantitative PCR primer design affects quantification of dsRNA-mediated gene knockdown. Ecology and Evolution 9 (14), pp. 8187 - 8192 (2019)
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Onchuru, T. O.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Established cotton stainer gut bacterial mutualists evade regulation by host antimicrobial peptides. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 85 (13), e00738 (2019)
2018
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Onchuru, T. O.; Martinez, A. J.; Ingham, C. S.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Transmission of mutualistic bacteria in social and gregarious insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science 28, pp. 50 - 58 (2018)
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Onchuru, T. O.; Martinez, A. J.; Kaltenpoth, M.: The cotton stainer's gut microbiota suppresses infection of a cotransmitted trypanosomatid parasite. Molecular Ecology 27 (16), pp. 3408 - 3419 (2018)
2015
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Salem, H.; Onchuru, T. O.; Bauer, E.; Kaltenpoth, M.: Symbiont transmission entails the risk of parasite infection. Biology Letters 11 (12), 20150840 (2015)
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