The Microbiome of Neotropical Water Striders and Its Potential Role in Codiversification.

ABSTRACT: Insects host a highly diverse microbiome, which plays a crucial role in insect life. However, the composition and diversity of microbiomes associated with Neotropical freshwater insects is virtually unknown. In addition, the extent to which diversification of this microbiome is associated with host phylogenetic divergence remains to be determined. Here, we present the first comprehensive analysis of bacterial communities associated with six closely related species of Neotropical water striders in Panama. We used comparative phylogenetic analyses to assess associations between dominant bacterial linages and phylogenetic divergence among species of water striders. We found a total of 806 16S rRNA amplicon sequence variants (ASVs), with dominant bacterial taxa belonging to the phyla Proteobac

SUBMITTER: Castillo AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7565411 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature