Wolbachia infection in the Loxoblemmus complex (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) in Korea

Gilsang Jeong; Jaeha Ahn; Yikweon Jang; Jae Chun Choe; Hansu Choi

doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2012.07.002

Wolbachia infection in the Loxoblemmus complex (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) in Korea

Gilsang Jeong, Jaeha Ahn, Yikweon Jang, Jae Chun Choe, Hansu Choi

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Abstract

The Wolbachia bacterium is one of the most prevalent intracellular symbionts of invertebrates, particularly insects. This bacterium induces four distinct reproductive anomalies such as cytoplasmic incompatibility, feminization, male killing, and parthenogenesis of its hosts. Here we report that three closely related cricket species, Loxoblemmus doenitzi, L. campestris, and L. equestris can become infected with Wolbachia. Based on the 16s rRNA sequences, all three species were single infections. However, Wolbachia infecting L. campestris showed diverse Wolbachia surface protein gene sequences resembling multiple infections. In addition, all Wolbachia strains in the three host species harbored the Wolbachia specific bacteriophage.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	563-566
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology
Volume	15
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2012.07.002
State	Published - Dec 2012

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Funding Information:
G. Jeong was supported by a National Research Foundation of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government (Ministry of Education, Science and Technology) [ NRF C00027 ]. J. Ahn and Y. Jang were supported by a National Research Foundation of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government (Ministry of Education, Science and Technology) [ NRF 2010-0515-1 ]. J.C. Choe was supported by the Ewha Global Top 5 Grant 2011 of Ewha Womans University .

Keywords

Loxoblemmus
Phylogeny
WO phage
Wolbachia specific 16s rRNA
Wolbachia surface protein (wsp)

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