Alpha proteobacteria of the genus Wolbachia are a widespread group of maternally inherited endosymbionts of arthropod and nematode hosts. Wolbachia infection induces a range of host phenotypes, including cytoplasmic i...Alpha proteobacteria of the genus Wolbachia are a widespread group of maternally inherited endosymbionts of arthropod and nematode hosts. Wolbachia infection induces a range of host phenotypes, including cytoplasmic incompatibility, male killing, feminization and thelytoky induction. Heterogony (cyclical parthenogenesis) is a remarkable characteristic of oak gall wasps, Cynipini, which is the largest tribe in Cynipidae. A few species of Cynipini are exceptionally,which are univoltine and exhibit thelytokous parthenogenesis, probably due to deletion of the arrhenotokous generation from their heterogonic ancestor species with Wolbachia infection. In this study, the presence of Wolbachia was detected using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers for the wsp genes in a thelytokous species (Dryocosmus kuriphilus) of the Cynipini. The wsp characteristic 617 bp product was obtained after amplification of extracts from Zhuzhou population. The sequence clearly conformed to Wolbachia group A and was nearly identical to that of Plagiotrochus quercusilicis. The possible implications of Wolbachia infection in the gallwasp are discussed.展开更多
采用Wolbachia的通用引物对白蜡虫优势寄生蜂之一,白蜡虫阔柄跳小蜂(Metaphycus ericeriXu et Jiang)体内Wolbachia的wsp基因进行PCR扩增,以此为模板结合Wolbachia的A大组和B大组的特异性引物进行巢式PCR扩增,结果表明:白蜡虫阔柄跳小蜂...采用Wolbachia的通用引物对白蜡虫优势寄生蜂之一,白蜡虫阔柄跳小蜂(Metaphycus ericeriXu et Jiang)体内Wolbachia的wsp基因进行PCR扩增,以此为模板结合Wolbachia的A大组和B大组的特异性引物进行巢式PCR扩增,结果表明:白蜡虫阔柄跳小蜂被A大组和B大组Wolbachia复合感染,将两种寄生蜂感染的A大组和B大组Wolbachia基因片段以及采用通用引物获得的基因片段分别命名为wMeeriA、wMeeriB和wMeeri,对应的片段长度分别为554、439、599 bp。系统发育分析表明:白蜡虫阔柄跳小蜂感染的Wolbachia分属于A大组以及B大组的Con亚组。所获得的序列已经递交到NCBI,登录号分别为:HQ161162、HQ161163和HQ161164。展开更多
文摘Alpha proteobacteria of the genus Wolbachia are a widespread group of maternally inherited endosymbionts of arthropod and nematode hosts. Wolbachia infection induces a range of host phenotypes, including cytoplasmic incompatibility, male killing, feminization and thelytoky induction. Heterogony (cyclical parthenogenesis) is a remarkable characteristic of oak gall wasps, Cynipini, which is the largest tribe in Cynipidae. A few species of Cynipini are exceptionally,which are univoltine and exhibit thelytokous parthenogenesis, probably due to deletion of the arrhenotokous generation from their heterogonic ancestor species with Wolbachia infection. In this study, the presence of Wolbachia was detected using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers for the wsp genes in a thelytokous species (Dryocosmus kuriphilus) of the Cynipini. The wsp characteristic 617 bp product was obtained after amplification of extracts from Zhuzhou population. The sequence clearly conformed to Wolbachia group A and was nearly identical to that of Plagiotrochus quercusilicis. The possible implications of Wolbachia infection in the gallwasp are discussed.
文摘Wolbachia是广泛分布于昆虫细胞内的一类共生菌,为明确Wolbachia在沟眶象Eucryptorrhynchus chinensis(Olivier)体内的感染情况和分类地位,采用Wolbachia的wsp基因片段对沟眶象5个地理种群(宁夏灵武、中宁、中卫、安徽淮北、山东聊城)共100个样本,进行分子检测。经过克隆和测序得到wsp基因片段593 bp(Gen Bank number:KP713759),明确了沟眶象体内存在Wolbachia的感染,并且其在不同地理种群内的感染率均为100%;通过wsp通用引物检测发现沟眶象体内感染了1种Wolbachia,属于A群Dro亚群。
文摘采用Wolbachia的通用引物对白蜡虫优势寄生蜂之一,白蜡虫阔柄跳小蜂(Metaphycus ericeriXu et Jiang)体内Wolbachia的wsp基因进行PCR扩增,以此为模板结合Wolbachia的A大组和B大组的特异性引物进行巢式PCR扩增,结果表明:白蜡虫阔柄跳小蜂被A大组和B大组Wolbachia复合感染,将两种寄生蜂感染的A大组和B大组Wolbachia基因片段以及采用通用引物获得的基因片段分别命名为wMeeriA、wMeeriB和wMeeri,对应的片段长度分别为554、439、599 bp。系统发育分析表明:白蜡虫阔柄跳小蜂感染的Wolbachia分属于A大组以及B大组的Con亚组。所获得的序列已经递交到NCBI,登录号分别为:HQ161162、HQ161163和HQ161164。
