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It has been the subject of a growing number of studies in recent decades, because of the remarkable effects it has on its arthropod hosts, its potential as a tool for biological control of arthropods of agricultural and medical importance and its use as a target for treatment of filariasis. <jats:italic>W. pipientis<\/jats:italic> was originally discovered in cells of the mosquito <jats:italic>Culex pipiens<\/jats:italic> and is the only formally described member of the genus. Molecular sequence-based studies have revealed a number of phylogenetically diverse strains of <jats:italic>W. pipientis<\/jats:italic>. Owing to uncertainty about whether <jats:italic>W. pipientis<\/jats:italic> comprises more than one species, researchers in the field now commonly refer to <jats:italic>W. pipientis<\/jats:italic> simply as <jats:italic>Wolbachia<\/jats:italic>. 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