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

doi:10.1007/s12275-009-0198-3

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Incidence of Wolbachia and Cardinium Endosymbionts in the Osmia Community in Korea: Gilsang Jeong ¹, Kyeongyong Lee ², Jiyoung Choi ¹, Seokjo Hwang ¹, Byeongdo Park ¹, Wontae Kim ¹, Youngcheol Choi ¹, Ingyun Park ², Jonggill Kim ¹; Journal of Microbiology 2009;47(1):28-32
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-009-0198-3
Published online: February 20, 2009

¹Laboratory of Environmental Entomology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon 441-853, Republic of Korea, ²Laboratory of Pollinating Insect, Department of Agricultural Biology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon 441-853, Republic of Korea¹Laboratory of Environmental Entomology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon 441-853, Republic of Korea, ²Laboratory of Pollinating Insect, Department of Agricultural Biology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon 441-853, Republic of Korea

Corresponding author: Jonggill Kim , Tel: 82-31-290-8545,

Received: 6 August 2008 • Accepted: 20 November 2008

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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.

Keywords: Wolbachia; Cardinium; sex ratio distortion; biological control; phylogenetic analyses

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Incidence of Wolbachia and Cardinium Endosymbionts in the Osmia Community in Korea

J. Microbiol. 2009;47(1):28-32. Published online February 20, 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-009-0198-3

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