ABSTRACT

Introduction ......................................................................................................................................53 Characterization of Tsetse Symbionts .............................................................................................53 Evolutionary Histories of Symbionts ..............................................................................................54 Genomics of the Obligate Symbiont

Wigglesworthia

.....................................................................56 Genomics of Genus

Sodalis

.............................................................................................................57 Functional Role of Tsetse Symbionts..............................................................................................59 Symbiont–Host Interactions.............................................................................................................59 Symbionts as Gene-Expression Vehicles.........................................................................................60 Trypanosomiasis Control and the Impact of Parasite Refractory Tsetse on Disease Transmission..................................................................................................................61 Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................62 References ........................................................................................................................................62