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Google plant, bis zu 32 Mio. mit Wolbachia infizierte männliche Mücken freizusetzen, um Krankheitsüberträger zu reduzieren. Gegner warnen vor unkalkulierbaren Umweltfolgen, die EPA prüft den Antrag. Was steckt dahinter? 🦟⚖️🔬 #Mücken #Wolbachia #Umwelt https://www.nau.ch/news/amerika/google-will-millionen-mucken-freisetzen-67137044

Google will Millionen Mücken freisetzen

Google plant die Freisetzung von 32 Millionen mit Bakterien infizierten Mücken. Gegner warnen vor unkalkulierbaren Risiken. Was steckt dahinter?

Nau.ch

Aidoo Jun 6

Verily pide a la EPA liberar 64M de mosquitos macho con Wolbachia en CA y FL para frenar vectores; la IA de Google automatiza el proceso. https://aidoo.news/noticia/6Aq7LJ

#Noticias #California #Florida #Wolbachia #ControlDeVectores

Google tiene claro cuál es el mejor antídoto contra los mosquitos: soltar 64 millones de mosquitos

Verily, filial de Alphabet, solicitó a la EPA autorizar la liberación de hasta 64 millones de mosquitos macho Culex quinquefasciatus infectados con la bacteria

Aidoo Noticias

Aidoo Jun 6

Verily pide a la EPA liberar 64M de mosquitos macho con Wolbachia en CA y FL para frenar vectores; la IA de Google automatiza el proceso. https://aidoo.news/noticia/6Aq7LJ

#Noticias #California #Florida #Wolbachia #ControlDeVectores

Google tiene claro cuál es el mejor antídoto contra los mosquitos: soltar 64 millones de mosquitos

Verily, filial de Alphabet, solicitó a la EPA autorizar la liberación de hasta 64 millones de mosquitos macho Culex quinquefasciatus infectados con la bacteria

Aidoo Noticias

TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨Jun 4

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: #Google’s Debug program, with #Monash University and #mosquito control districts, applied for an #EPA permit to release 64 million male #Culex mosquitoes in #California and #Florida. 🦟

The males carry #Wolbachia #bacteria, making their offspring non-viable. Only females bite, so no biting mosquitoes are added. 🦠

👉 https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/google-wants-to-release-64-million-bacteria-riddled-mosquitoes-across-california-and-florida-heres-why-scientists-are-enthusiastic

#health #westnile #entomology #science #ai #robotics

Google wants to release 64 million bacteria-riddled mosquitoes across California and Florida. Here's why scientists are enthusiastic.

Google has applied for an experimental mosquito release permit to deploy millions of non-biting southern house mosquitoes that it has infected with the bacterium Wolbachia pipientis, in an effort to reduce mosquito-borne diseases like West Nile virus.

Live Science

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Jun 2

Debugging: #Google requests permission to release 32m #mosquitoes in #California and #Florida
Company asks US government to release army of sterile male mosquitoes to lower number of illness-spreading bugs
Male mosquitoes don’t bite or carry disease. One of the main approaches Google is testing involves rearing male mosquitoes with a naturally occurring bacteria, called #wolbachia, which stops them from having offspring with wild female mosquitoes.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/01/google-permission-release-mosquitoes-california-florida

Debugging: Google requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Florida

Company asks US government to release army of sterile male mosquitoes to lower number of illness-spreading bugs

The Guardian

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ERROR 404 ▼May 31

#Verily, la filiale scientifique d'Alphabet (maison mère de #Google) a lancé le "Debug Project" : des moustiques mâles infectés par la bactérie #Wolbachia sont lâchés dans la nature pour féconder les femelles sauvages et rendre leurs œufs stériles.

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neville park May 11

(the answer is: isopods and _Wolbachia_)

- Charlat, S., Hurst, G. D. D., & Merçot, H. (2003). Evolutionary consequences of Wolbachia infections. Trends in Genetics, 19(4), 217–223. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-9525(03)00024-6 https://sci-hub.box/10.1016/S0168-9525(03)00024-6

- Leclercq, S., Thézé, J., Chebbi, M. A., Giraud, I., Moumen, B., Ernenwein, L., Grève, P., Gilbert, C., & Cordaux, R. (2016). Birth of a W sex chromosome by horizontal transfer of Wolbachia bacterial symbiont genome. PNAS, 113(52), 15036–15041. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1608979113

#isopods #Isopoda #Wolbachia #parasitism #endosymbiosis #parthenogenesis

GenomeBiolEvol Oct 8, 2025

Lefoulon et al. analyzed 32 Wolbachia genomes to study the evolution of the wmk male killing gene across different arthropod hosts.

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf179

#genome #evolution #wolbachia

Soh Kam Yung Sep 24, 2025

"[Hannah Ritchie] In this article, I’ll focus on how Wolbachia can be used against dengue fever. I'll examine how this innovative new method works, how effective it is in reducing transmission, and how it can be rolled out across the tropics to protect as many people as possible."

https://ourworldindata.org/wolbachia-neglected-tropical-diseases

#OurWorldInData #Diseases #Mosquitoes #Wolbachia #Health #Dengue

How Wolbachia bacteria could help us tackle some of the world’s most neglected tropical diseases

A common bacterium can dramatically reduce the spread of dengue fever and other tropical diseases.

Our World in Data

Molecular Biology & Evolution Sep 15, 2025

Namias et al. sequenced cytoplasmic incompatibility causal genes (cid) from Wolbachia in Culex pipiens mosquitoes, showing that the extensive diversity of cid genes arises from recombination and horizontal transfers.

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf200

#evobio #molbio #wolbachia