The Influence of Temperature and Host Gender on Bacterial Communities in the Asian Citrus Psyllid.

ABSTRACT: The Asian citrus psyllid, D. citri Kuwayama is the primary vector for Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), which causes a destructive disease in citrus plants. Bacterial symbionts are important determinants of insect physiology, and they can be impacted by many external factors. Temperature is an important abiotic factor affecting insect physiology, and it is also known that differences in symbiont proportions may vary in different insect genders. To date, it is unclear how the symbionts of D. citri are affected by temperature and gender. This study used high-throughput sequencing of 16S ribosomal RNA amplicons to determine how temperature and gender affect the bacterial communities present in D. citri. We identified 27 amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) belonging to 10 orders, seven c

SUBMITTER: Jiang RX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8704560 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature