Depolymerization of Microtubules Causes Loss of Anterior <i>Wolbachia</i> Localization in the Oocyte

<div><p>(A–C) Stage 5 and 7 infected egg chambers, untreated. (A) Microtubules (greyscale). (B) <i>Wolbachia</i> (greyscale). White arrow indicates <i>Wolbachia</i> concentrated at the anterior region of the oocyte. (C) Merged image of (A) and (B): microtubules are red, and <i>Wolbachia</i> are green (hsp60).</p><p>(D–F) Stage 5 and 7 infected egg chambers treated with colchicine. (D) Microtubules (greyscale). (E) <i>Wolbachia</i> (greyscale). (F) Merged image of (D) and (E): microtubules are red, and <i>Wolbachia</i> are green (hsp60). White arrows indicate positions of the oocytes. Yellow asterisk indicates a nurse cell adjacent to the oocyte in which <i>Wolbachia</i> appear abnormally high.</p>