Recent infection by Wolbachia alters microbial communities in wild Laodelphax striatellus populations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Host-associated microbial communities play an important role in the fitness of insect hosts. However, the factors shaping microbial communities in wild populations, including genetic background, ecological factors, and interactions among microbial species, remain largely unknown.

Results

Here, we surveyed microbial communities of the small brown planthopper (SBPH, Laodelphax striatellus) across 17 geographical populations in China and Japan by using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. Using structural equation models (SEM) and Mantel analyses, we show that variation in microbial community structure is likely associated with longitude, annual mean precipitation (Bio12), and mitochondrial DNA variation. However, a Wolbachia infection, which is spreading to northern popula

SUBMITTER: Duan XZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7333401 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature