Matthew J. Ballinger

Mississippi State University — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

20h-index1.9kcitations31works3.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Viral Infections and Vectors(14), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences(12), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control(8), Plant Virus Research Studies(8), Vector-Borne Animal Diseases(7)

Publications31 total

Summary of taxonomy changes ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) from the Animal dsRNA and ssRNA(−) Viruses Subcommittee, 2025
Journal of General Virology·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Annual (2024) taxonomic update of RNA-directed RNA polymerase-encoding negative-sense RNA viruses (realm Riboviria: kingdom Orthornavirae: phylum Negarnaviricota)
Journal of General Virology·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Correction: Generality of toxins in defensive symbiosis: Ribosome-inactivating proteins and defense against parasitic wasps in Drosophila
PLoS Pathogens·2025Open Access
Evolution of specialized toxin arsenals in a bacterial symbiont of arthropods
The ISME Journal·2025Open Access
Drosophila are hosts to the first described parasitoid wasp of adult flies
Nature·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Annual (2023) taxonomic update of RNA-directed RNA polymerase-encoding negative-sense RNA viruses (realm Riboviria: kingdom Orthornavirae: phylum Negarnaviricota)
Journal of General Virology·2023· 74 citedOpen Access
The toxins of vertically transmitted Spiroplasma
Frontiers in Microbiology·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
2022 taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales
Archives of Virology·2022· 87 citedOpen Access
Highly transmissible cytoplasmic incompatibility by the extracellular insect symbiont Spiroplasma
iScience·2022· 62 citedOpen Access
Evolution and diversity of inherited viruses in the Nearctic phantom midge, <i>Chaoborus americanus</i>
Virus Evolution·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
Correction to: 2021 Taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales
Archives of Virology·2021· 10 citedOpen Access
2021 Taxonomic update of phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales
Archives of Virology·2021· 90 citedOpen Access
2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales
Archives of Virology·2020· 289 citedOpen Access
Evolutionary persistence of insect bunyavirus infection despite host acquisition and expression of the viral nucleoprotein gene
Virus Evolution·2019· 14 citedOpen Access
Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales: update 2019
Archives of Virology·2019· 391 citedOpen Access
Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales: second update 2018
Archives of Virology·2019· 131 citedOpen Access
Toxin and Genome Evolution in a<i>Drosophila</i>Defensive Symbiosis
Genome Biology and Evolution·2018· 20 citedOpen Access
The defensive Spiroplasma
Current Opinion in Insect Science·2018· 89 cited
Cellular production of a counterfeit viral protein confers immunity to infection by a related virus
PeerJ·2018· 4 citedOpen Access
Evolution and Diversity of Inherited Spiroplasma Symbionts in Myrmica Ants
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2017· 21 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Derek J. Taylor(11), Thomas Briese(9), Scott Adkins(8), Tatjana Avšič‐Županc(8), Martin Beer(8), Éric Bergeron(8), Carol D. Blair(8), Michael J. Buchmeier(8), Felicity J. Burt(8), Charles H. Calisher(8), Rémi N. Charrel(8), Juan Carlos de la Torre(8), M. Digiaro(8), Toufic Elbeaino(8), Koray Ergünay(8), Aura R. Garrison(8), Jean‐Paul Gonzalez(8), Martin H. Groschup(8), Stephan Günther(8), Holly R. Hughes(8)