Diversity of the Obligate Gut Bacteria Indicates Host-Symbiont Coevolution at the Population Level in the Plataspid Stinkbug Megacopta cribraria.

ABSTRACT: Ishikawaella is an obligate gut bacterium in stinkbugs that belong to Plataspidae family (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). It is vertically transmitted to newborn nymphs through capsules laid on eggs by maternal stinkbugs. Previous research has established a pattern of strict cospeciation between Plataspidae stinkbugs and Ishikawaella. However, the possibility of host-symbiont coevolution at the population level within Plataspidae stinkbugs has not been thoroughly explored. This study analyzed the samples of Megacopta cribraria from three phylogenetic clades to investigate host-symbiont coevolution in this insect species. We compared data from third-generation sequencing (PacBio), next-generation sequencing (Illumina), and first-generation sequencing (Sanger), and the results

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11586681 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature