Large-Scale Sampling Reveals the Strain-Level Diversity of Burkholderia Symbionts in Riptortus pedestris and R. linearis (Hemiptera: Alydidae).

ABSTRACT: Burkholderia (sensu lato) is a diverse group of β-Proteobacteria that exists worldwide in various environments. The SBE clade of this group was thought to be mutualistic with stinkbugs. Riptortus-Burkholderia was suggested as an ideal model system for studying insect-microbe symbiosis. To explore the strain-level diversity of Burkholderia at the individual and population levels of Riptortus stinkbugs (Hemiptera: Alydidae), and to uncover the factors affecting the Burkholderia community, large-scale sampling of two Riptortus species and deep sequencing data (16S amplicon) were used in the present study. Our results showed that: (1) the proportions of facultative symbiotic bacteria Burkholderia were very high, with an average proportion of 87.

SUBMITTER: Hou XR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11434518 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature