ArticleMicrobial ecology2009
Inherited fungal and bacterial endosymbionts of a parasitic wasp and its cockroach host.
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- "Hostbusters": The Bacterial EndosymbiontInsects · 2025Article
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- Microorganisms in the reproductive tissues of arthropods.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2020Review
- New insights into the fungal community from the raw genomic sequence data of fig wasp Ceratosolen solmsi.BMC microbiology · 2015Article
- The First Report of Drug Resistant Bacteria Isolated from the Brown-Banded Cockroach, Supella longipalpa, in Ahvaz, South-western Iran.Journal of arthropod-borne diseases · 2014Article
- Culture-free survey reveals diverse and distinctive fungal communities associated with developing figs (Ficus spp.) in Panama.Microbial ecology · 2012Article
- From structure to function: the ecology of host-associated microbial communities.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2010Review
- Negative fitness consequences and transmission dynamics of a heritable fungal symbiont of a parasitic wasp.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2009Article
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Abstract
Bacterial endosymbionts of insects are increasingly being recognized as common, diverse, and integral to the biology of their hosts. Inherited fungal symbionts have been largely overlooked, however, even though insect guts appear to be a key habitat for an incredible array of fungal diversity. Like bacteria, fungal symbionts also likely play important roles in the ecology and evolution of their insect associates. The objective of this study was to lay the foundations for understanding the roles of the vertically transmitted fungal and bacterial associates of both the brownbanded cockroach, Supella longipalpa, and its parasitic wasp, Comperia merceti. We used culture-dependent and culture-independent molecular methods and phylogenetic analyses in order to identify the symbionts. Two fungal associates of brownbanded cockroaches were found. To our knowledge, this is the first record of vertically transmitted fungal symbionts in the order Blattaria. The wasp was found to house a close relative of one of the cockroach fungi but no bacterial symbionts. Finally, the brownbanded cockroaches also harbored three lineages of bacterial symbionts: Blattabacterium and two lineages of Wolbachia, indicating the number of vertically transmitted symbionts in this insect may be as many as five.
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