Journal of Microbiology

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Incidence of Wolbachia and Cardinium Endosymbionts in the Osmia Community in Korea: Gilsang Jeong , Kyeongyong Lee , Jiyoung Choi , Seokjo Hwang , Byeongdo Park , Wontae Kim , Youngcheol Choi , Ingyun Park , Jonggill Kim; J. Microbiol. 2009;47(1):28-32. Published online February 20, 2009; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-009-0198-3

Abstract: Sex ratio distorting endosymbionts induce reproductive anomalies in their arthropod hosts. They have recently been paid much attention as firstly texts of evolution of host-symbiont relationships and secondly potential biological control agents to control arthropod pests. Among such organisms, Wolbachia and Cardinium bacteria are well characterized. This study aims at probing such bacteria in the Osmia community to evaluate their potential utilization to control arthropod pests. Among 17 PCR tested species, Osmia cornifrons and a parasitic fly are infected with Wolbachia and a mite species is infected with Cardinium. Phylogenetic tree analyses suggest that horizontal transfer of the bacteria occurred between phylogenetically distant hosts.

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