Incidence of Wolbachia and Cardinium endosymbionts in the Osmia community in Korea

• Published in: The journal of microbiology Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 28 - 32
• Main Authors: Jeong, G.S. (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea), Lee, K.Y. (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea), Choi, J.Y. (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea), Hwang, S.J. (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea), Park, B.D. (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea), Kim, W.T. (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea), Choi, Y.C. (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea), Park, I.G. (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea), Kim, J.G. (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea), E-mail: kjk1027@rda.go.kr
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg The Microbiological Society of Korea 01.02.2009; Springer Nature B.V; 한국미생물학회
• Subjects: Animals; Arthropoda; Arthropods; Bacteria; Bacteroidetes - genetics; Bacteroidetes - isolation & purification; Bees - genetics; Bees - microbiology; Bees - parasitology; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cardinium; CONTROL BIOLOGICO; Diptera - genetics; Diptera - microbiology; Endosymbionts; Evolution; Gene Transfer, Horizontal; Horizontal transfer; Infections; Korea; Life Sciences; LUTTE BIOLOGIQUE; Microbiology; Mites - genetics; Mites - microbiology; Osmia; Osmia cornifrons; Parasites; Pest control; Pest Control, Biological; Pests; phylogenetic analyses; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Pollinators; Polymerase chain reaction; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Sex Ratio; sex ratio distortion; Symbiosis; Wolbachia; Wolbachia - genetics; Wolbachia - isolation & purification; 생물학; Korea; United States > US; sex ratio distortion; biological control; phylogenetic analyses
• ISSN: 1225-8873; 1976-3794; 1976-3794
• DOI: 10.1007/s12275-009-0198-3

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.