The diversity of Wolbachia and its effects on host reproduction in a single Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) population

Parasitoids, which constitute about 25% of all insects and attack arthropods of virtually all taxa, are considered the most suitable vectors for horizontal transmission of the symbiotic bacterium Wolbachia among insects. The parasitoids studied in this article develop in the larvae and pupae of ladybirds. For the rst time, Wolbachia was found in parasitic wasp species of the genus Homalotylus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and from the subfamily Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). To characterize the Wolbachia strains, six bacterial housekeeping genes were examined and compared with previously published Wolbachia gene sequences. The same bacterial strains were found in all individuals of each species of parasitic wasps collected in different places and at different times, which indicates the absence of contamination and testi es to the heritability of the symbionts in the studied chalcids. No evidence was found that the parasitic wasps were infected with Wolbachia , identical to the symbionts of their ladybirds hosts. We found one Wolbachia strain, w Hom-2, which is a product of bacterial recombination from unrelated insects, including ladybirds. The lack of correspondence between the molecular phylogenies of Wolbachia strains and mithochondrial DNA of their hosts indicate horizontal transfers of Wolbachia among parasitic wasps of the genus Homalotylus and from the subfamily Tetrastichinae.

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Symbiotic Wolbachia bacteria in coccinellid parasitoids: genetic diversity, horizontal transfer, and recombination

Шайкевич

Romanov

2022

Int Microbiol

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Distribution of symbiotic bacteria Spiroplasma, Rickettsia, Wolbachia in populations of Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Romanov,

Zakharov

2023

Symbiosis

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Genetic Introgression in Populations of Two Related Species Adalia frigida (Schneider, 1792) and Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the Zone of Sympatry

Romanov,

Shaikevich,

Zakharov

2023

Russ J Genet

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The diversity of Wolbachia and its effects on host reproduction in a single Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) population

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Symbiotic Wolbachia bacteria in coccinellid parasitoids: genetic diversity, horizontal transfer, and recombination

Symbiotic Wolbachia bacteria in coccinellid parasitoids: genetic diversity, horizontal transfer, and recombination

Distribution of symbiotic bacteria Spiroplasma, Rickettsia, Wolbachia in populations of Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Genetic Introgression in Populations of Two Related Species Adalia frigida (Schneider, 1792) and Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the Zone of Sympatry

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