ArticleScientific reports2018
Growth kinetics of endosymbiont Wolbachia in the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius.
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- Effects of Wolbachia elimination and B-vitamin supplementation on bed bug development and reproduction.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Molecular analysis of the blood meals and bacterial communities of bed bugs (Cimex lectularius L.) to assess interactions with alternative hosts.Parasitology research · 2021Article
- An Earliest Endosymbiont,International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
- The shutting down of the insulin pathway: a developmental window for Wolbachia load and feminization.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Lack of influence by endosymbiont Wolbachia on virus titer in the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius.Parasites & vectors · 2019Article
- The Developmental Stage Symbionts of the Pea Aphid-FeedingFrontiers in microbiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
The common bed bug, Cimex lectularius harbors the endosymbiotic microorganism, Wolbachia (wCle), in a gonad-associated bacteriome as an obligate nutritional mutualist. The obligatory nature of this association suggests that all individuals in C. lectularius populations would be infected with wCle. However, studies spanning the past several decades have reported variation in both infection frequency and relative abundance of wCle in field-collected samples of bed bugs. Since the growth kinetics of wCle is poorly understood, the objective of this study was to quantify wCle over the life cycle of two strains of C. lectularius. Our results highlight that wCle is dynamic during bed bug development, changing relative to life stage, intermolt stage, and blood-fed status. These results suggest new hypotheses about the coordination of Wolbachia growth and regression with its host's physiology and endocrine events. The observed quantitative modulation of wCle during the bed bug life cycle and during periods of starvation may explain the disparities in wCle infections reported in field-collected C. lectularius.
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