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  1. Host nutrition determines the proliferation and transmission of an insect symbiont

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Florent Masson, Samuel Rommelaere

  2. The wall-less bacterium Spiroplasma poulsonii builds a polymeric cytoskeleton composed of interacting MreB isoforms

    Article • iScience, December 2021, Elsevier

    Florent Masson

  3. The transposable element-rich genome of the cereal pest Sitophilus oryzae

    Article • BMC Biology, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Florent Masson

  4. A secreted factor NimrodB4 promotes the elimination of apoptotic corpses by phagocytes in Drosophila

    Article • EMBO Reports, August 2021, EMBO

    Florent Masson

  5. The wall-less bacterium Spiroplasma poulsonii builds a polymeric cytoskeleton composed of interacting MreB isoforms

    Article • June 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Florent Masson

  6. Dual proteomics of Drosophila melanogaster hemolymph infected with the heritable endosymbiont Spiroplasma poulsonii

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2021, PLOS

    Florent Masson, Samuel Rommelaere

  7. Dual proteomics of Drosophila melanogaster hemolymph infected with the heritable endosymbiont Spiroplasma poulsonii

    Article • February 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Florent Masson

  8. Rapid molecular evolution of Spiroplasma symbionts of Drosophila

    Article • Microbial Genomics, February 2021, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Michael Gerth, Florent Masson

  9. The iron transporter Transferrin 1 mediates homeostasis of the endosymbiotic relationship between Drosophila melanogaster and Spiroplasma poulsonii

    Article • microLife, January 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Florent Masson

  10. Growing Ungrowable Bacteria: Overview and Perspectives on Insect Symbiont Culturability

    Article • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, November 2020, ASM Journals

    Florent Masson

  11. Rapid molecular evolution of Spiroplasma symbionts of Drosophila

    Article • June 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Michael Gerth, Florent Masson

  12. Transformation of the Drosophila Sex-Manipulative Endosymbiont Spiroplasma poulsonii and Persisting Hurdles for Functional Genetic Studies

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2020, ASM Journals

    Florent Masson

  13. Blind killing of both male and female Drosophila embryos by a natural variant of the endosymbiotic bacterium Spiroplasma poulsonii

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, January 2020, Wiley

    Florent Masson, Dr Juan C Paredes

  14. Weevil pgrp-lb prevents endosymbiont TCT dissemination and chronic host systemic immune activation

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Florent Masson

  15. Functional analysis of RIP toxins from the Drosophila endosymbiont Spiroplasma poulsonii

    Article • BMC Microbiology, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Florent Masson, Dr Juan C Paredes

  16. In vitro culture of endosymbiotic bacteria

    Article • mBio, March 2018, ASM Journals

    Florent Masson, Samuel Rommelaere

  17. An IMD-like pathway mediates both endosymbiont control and host immunity in the cereal weevil Sitophilus spp.

    Article • Microbiome, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Florent Masson

  18. Protection from within

    Article • eLife, January 2017, eLife

    Florent Masson

  19. Antimicrobial peptides and cell processes tracking endosymbiont dynamics

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, May 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Florent Masson

  20. Weevil endosymbiont dynamics is associated with a clamping of immunity

    Article • BMC Genomics, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Florent Masson

  21. Systemic Infection Generates a Local-Like Immune Response of the Bacteriome Organ in Insect Symbiosis

    Article • Journal of Innate Immunity, January 2015, Karger Publishers

    Florent Masson

  22. Insects Recycle Endosymbionts when the Benefit Is Over

    Article • Current Biology, October 2014, Elsevier

    Florent Masson