Incidence of Facultative Bacterial Endosymbionts in Spider Mites Associated with Local Environments and Host Plants.

ABSTRACT: Spider mites are frequently associated with multiple endosymbionts whose infection patterns often exhibit spatial and temporal variation. However, the association between endosymbiont prevalence and environmental factors remains unclear. Here, we surveyed endosymbionts in natural populations of the spider mite, Tetranychus truncatus, in China, screening 935 spider mites from 21 localities and 12 host plant species. Three facultative endosymbiont lineages, Wolbachia, Cardinium, and Spiroplasma, were detected at different infection frequencies (52.5%, 26.3%, and 8.6%, respectively). Multiple endosymbiont infections were observed in most local populations, and the incidence of individuals with the Wolbachia-Spiroplasma coinfection was higher than expected from the frequency of each infection

SUBMITTER: Zhu YX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5835729 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature