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Determination of Wolbachia diversity in butterflies from Western Ghats, India, by a multigene approach.

ABSTRACT: Members of the genus Wolbachia are intracellular bacteria that are widespread in arthropods and establish diverse symbiotic associations with their hosts, ranging from mutualism to parasitism. Here we present the first detailed analyses of Wolbachia in butterflies from India with screening of 56 species. Twenty-nine species (52%) representing five families were positive for Wolbachia. This is the first report of Wolbachia infection in 27 of the 29 species; the other two were reported previously. This study also provides the first evidence of infection in the family Papilionidae. A striking diversity was observed among Wolbachia strains in butterfly hosts based on five multilocus sequence typing (MLST) genes, with 15 different sequence types (STs). Thirteen STs are new to the MLST database, whereas ST41 and ST125 were reported earlier. Some of the same host species from this study carried distinctly different Wolbachia strains, whereas the same or different butterfly hosts also harbored closely related Wolbachia strains. Butterfly-associated STs in the Indian sample originated by recombination and point mutation, further supporting the role of both processes in generating Wolbachia diversity. Recombination was detected only among the STs in this study and not in those from the MLST database. Most of the strains were remarkably similar in their wsp genotype, despite divergence in MLST. Only two wsp alleles were found among 25 individuals with complete hypervariable region (HVR) peptide profiles. Although both wsp and MLST show variability, MLST gives better separation between the strains. Completely different STs were characterized for the individuals sharing the same wsp alleles.

SUBMITTER: Salunke BK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3370507 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Determination of Wolbachia diversity in butterflies from Western Ghats, India, by a multigene approach.

Salunke Bipinchandra K BK Salunkhe Rahul C RC Dhotre Dhiraj P DP Walujkar Sandeep A SA Khandagale Avinash B AB Chaudhari Rahul R Chandode Rakesh K RK Ghate Hemant V HV Patole Milind S MS Werren John H JH Shouche Yogesh S YS

Applied and environmental microbiology 20120413 12

Members of the genus Wolbachia are intracellular bacteria that are widespread in arthropods and establish diverse symbiotic associations with their hosts, ranging from mutualism to parasitism. Here we present the first detailed analyses of Wolbachia in butterflies from India with screening of 56 species. Twenty-nine species (52%) representing five families were positive for Wolbachia. This is the first report of Wolbachia infection in 27 of the 29 species; the other two were reported previously. ...[more]

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Determination of Wolbachia diversity in butterflies from Western Ghats, India, by a multigene approach.

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