Review of treatment methods to remove Wolbachia bacteria from arthropods

Li, Y.-Y.; Floate, Kevin D.; Fields, Paul G.; Pang, Bao-Ping

doi:10.1007/s13199-014-0267-1

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“…This should be paired with a confirmation that the infection has persisted across generations in an untreated colony. Because Wolbachia infections may be heat (Ross, Wiwatanaratanabutr, et al, ) or antibiotic (Li et al, ) resistant, failure to eliminate Wolbachia does not necessarily confirm the lack of an active infection, so claims in this case should be supported by the other lines of evidence.…”

Section: Evidence Required To Confirm Natural Wolbachia Infectionsmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Following removal, which may require multiple generations of treatment, the lack of infection can be confirmed through PCR or LAMP assays or by observing intracellular localization.This should be paired with a confirmation that the infection has persisted across generations in an untreated colony. Because Wolbachia infections may be heat(Ross, Wiwatanaratanabutr, et al, 2017) or antibiotic(Li et al, 2014) resistant, failure to eliminate Wolbachia does not necessarily confirm the lack of an active infection, so claims in this case should be supported by the other lines of evidence. The confirmation of natural Wolbachia infections in A. aegypti would open avenues for further research, including applications for disease control programs.…”

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“…Wolbachia infections can be removed from insects through antibiotic or heat treatment (Li, Floate, Fields, & Pang, ). Novel Wolbachia infections can be cleared from A. aegypti with tetracycline added to larval rearing water or sugar solution fed to adults, through rearing larvae at high temperatures, or a combination of approaches (Endersby‐Harshman, Axford, & Hoffmann, ; Ross, Wiwatanaratanabutr, et al, ).…”

Section: Evidence Required To Confirm Natural Wolbachia Infectionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An elusive endosymbiont: DoesWolbachiaoccur naturally inAedes aegypti?

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Yang

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Ecology and Evolution

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Wolbachia are maternally inherited endosymbiotic bacteria found within many insect species. Aedes mosquitoes experimentally infected with Wolbachia are being released into the field for Aedes‐borne disease control. These Wolbachia infections induce cytoplasmic incompatibility which is used to suppress populations through incompatible matings or replace populations through the reproductive advantage provided by this mechanism. However, the presence of naturally occurring Wolbachia in target populations could interfere with both population replacement and suppression programs depending on the compatibility patterns between strains. Aedes aegypti were thought to not harbor Wolbachia naturally but several recent studies have detected Wolbachia in natural populations of this mosquito. We therefore review the evidence for natural Wolbachia infections in A. aegypti to date and discuss limitations of these studies. We draw on research from other mosquito species to outline the potential implications of natural Wolbachia infections in A. aegypti for disease control. To validate previous reports, we obtained a laboratory population of A. aegypti from New Mexico, USA, that harbors a natural Wolbachia infection, and we conducted field surveys in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where a natural Wolbachia infection has also been reported. However, we were unable to detect Wolbachia in both the laboratory and field populations. Because the presence of naturally occurring Wolbachia in A. aegypti could have profound implications for Wolbachia‐based disease control programs, it is important to continue to accurately assess the Wolbachia status of target Aedes populations.

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An elusive endosymbiont: DoesWolbachiaoccur naturally inAedes aegypti?

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Yang

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“…Similarly, antibiotic treatment can also alter the bacterial communities of herbivores (Lehman, Lundgren, & Petzke, 2009;Zouache, Voronin, Tran-Van, & Mavingui, 2009); in particular, antibiotic treatment significantly influences the relative abundance of Wolbachia, Spiroplasma, and/or Cardinium in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae (Staudacher et al, 2017). Antibiotics are routinely used to eliminate some endosymbionts from a wide range of insect species (Li, Floate, Fields, & Pang, 2014;Wilkinson, 1998). Although previous studies showed that host plants and antibiotic may be important factors in shaping the bacterial community of several herbivorous arthropod species, little is known about the effect of host plants and antibiotic treatment on the entire bacterial communities of spider mites.…”

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A change in the bacterial community of spider mites decreases fecundity on multiple host plants

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Bacterial symbionts may influence the fitness of their herbivore hosts, but such effects have been poorly studied across most invertebrate groups. The spider mite, Tetranychus truncatus, is a polyphagous agricultural pest harboring various bacterial symbionts whose function is largely unknown. Here, by using a high‐throughput 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing approach, we characterized the bacterial diversity and community composition of spider mites fed on five host plants after communities were modified following tetracycline exposure. We demonstrated that spider mite bacterial diversity and community composition were significantly affected by host plants and antibiotics. In particular, the abundance of the maternally inherited endosymbionts Wolbachia and Spiroplasma significantly differed among spider mites that were reared on different plant species and were completely removed by antibiotics. There was an overall tendency for daily fecundity to be lower in the mites with reduced bacterial diversity following the antibiotic treatment. Our data suggest that host plants and antibiotics can shape spider mite bacterial communities and that bacterial symbionts improve mite performance.

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“…The genus Wolbachia (class Alphaproteobacteria) encompasses obligate intracellular bacteria that are transovarially transmitted in arthropods and filarial nematodes (Lo and Evans 2007;Li et al 2014). Based on the 16S rRNA gene phylogenies of Wolbachia, it has been grouped into eight major clades (A-H): Clades A and B include most of the parasitic Wolbachia found in arthropods; clades C and D contain the majority of the mutualistic Wolbachia present in filarial nematodes; and clades E-H are found in various arthropods.…”

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The holobiont concept: the case of xylophagous termites and cockroaches

Berlanga

Guerrero

2016

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The rapid growth in microbiome research, particularly during the last 15 years, has revealed the crucial contributions of microbial communities to numerous physiological functions in animals, including digestion, immunity and reproduction.The permanent coexistence of these various bionts forms the holobiont (namely, the host and its microbiota). This review describes the relationships between xylophagous insects and their microbiota in an attempt to understand the characteristics that have determined bacterial fidelity over generations and throughout evolutionary history.Symbiotic interactions have probably played a central role in the evolutionary success of these insects, allowing their adaptation to unexploited ecological niches that are nutritionally deficient and/or unbalanced. Moreover, insect symbionts have provided the enzymatic capabilities that enable the synthesis of nutrients (carbon and nitrogen sources for the host) from recalcitrant plant polymers (cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin or lignin).

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Review of treatment methods to remove Wolbachia bacteria from arthropods

Cited by 60 publications

References 122 publications

An elusive endosymbiont: DoesWolbachiaoccur naturally inAedes aegypti?

An elusive endosymbiont: DoesWolbachiaoccur naturally inAedes aegypti?

A change in the bacterial community of spider mites decreases fecundity on multiple host plants

The holobiont concept: the case of xylophagous termites and cockroaches

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