Low bacterial community diversity in two introduced aphid pests revealed with 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing.

ABSTRACT: Bacterial endosymbionts that produce important phenotypic effects on their hosts are common among plant sap-sucking insects. Aphids have become a model system of insect-symbiont interactions. However, endosymbiont research has focused on a few aphid species, making it necessary to make greater efforts to other aphid species through different regions, in order to have a better understanding of the role of endosymbionts in aphids as a group. Aphid endosymbionts have frequently been studied by PCR-based techniques, using species-specific primers, nevertheless this approach may omit other non-target bacteria cohabiting a particular host species. Advances in high-throughput sequencing technologies are complementing our knowledge of microbial communities by allowing us the study of whole microbi

SUBMITTER: Zepeda-Paulo F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5944429 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature