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Evidence for low‐titre infections in insect symbiosis: Wolbachia in the bark beetle Pityogenes chalcographus (Coleoptera, Scolytinae)

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Title
Evidence for low‐titre infections in insect symbiosis: Wolbachia in the bark beetle Pityogenes chalcographus (Coleoptera, Scolytinae)
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Environmental Microbiology, August 2009
DOI 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01914.x
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Arthofer Wolfgang, Riegler Markus, Avtzis Dimitrios N., Stauffer Christian

Abstract

Wolbachia are obligatory endosymbiotic alpha-proteobacteria found in many insect species. They are maternally transmitted and often exhibit reproductive phenotypes like cytoplasmic incompatibility. Pityogenes chalcographus is a bark beetle causing severe damage in spruce stands. Its European populations are divided into several mitochondrial clades separated by partial crossing barriers. In this study, we tested a large sample set covering the natural range of the beetle in Europe for the presence of Wolbachia and associations between infection pattern and mitotypes using a highly sensitive nested PCR technique. 35.5% of the individuals were infected with the endosymbiont and two distinct strains were identified. Both strains occur in low titre not accessible by conventional detection methods. The infections are present all over Europe, unlikely to cause the partial crossing barriers in this host and uncoupled from mitochondrial clades. This pattern is indicative for populations evolving towards endosymbiont loss and for repeated intraspecific horizontal transfer of Wolbachia. Alternatively, the low-titre infections found in P. chalcographus are yet another example for Wolbachia that can persist in host species at low densities and frequencies.

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Country Count As %
Netherlands 2 3%
Norway 1 1%
Italy 1 1%
Finland 1 1%
Czechia 1 1%
Belgium 1 1%
Unknown 72 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 23 29%
Researcher 16 20%
Student > Master 12 15%
Professor 7 9%
Student > Bachelor 4 5%
Other 8 10%
Unknown 9 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 43 54%
Environmental Science 9 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 10%
Arts and Humanities 1 1%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 1%
Other 4 5%
Unknown 13 16%
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