Highly transmissible cytoplasmic incompatibility by the extracellular insect symbiont Spiroplasma
Summary: Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is a form of reproductive manipulation caused by maternally inherited endosymbionts infecting arthropods, like Wolbachia, whereby matings between infected males and uninfected females produce few or no offspring. We report the discovery of a new CI symbiont,...
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| author | Marie Pollmann Logan D. Moore Elena Krimmer Paul D'Alvise Martin Hasselmann Steve J. Perlman Matthew J. Ballinger Johannes L.M. Steidle Yuval Gottlieb |
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| description | Summary: Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is a form of reproductive manipulation caused by maternally inherited endosymbionts infecting arthropods, like Wolbachia, whereby matings between infected males and uninfected females produce few or no offspring. We report the discovery of a new CI symbiont, a strain of Spiroplasma causing CI in the parasitoid wasp Lariophagus distinguendus. Its extracellular occurrence enabled us to establish CI in uninfected adult insects by transferring Spiroplasma-infected hemolymph. We sequenced the CI-Spiroplasma genome and did not find any homologues of any of the cif genes discovered to cause CI in Wolbachia, suggesting independent evolution of CI. Instead, the genome contains other potential CI-causing candidate genes, such as homologues of high-mobility group (HMG) box proteins that are crucial in eukaryotic development but rare in bacterial genomes. Spiroplasma’s extracellular nature and broad host range encompassing medically and agriculturally important arthropods make it a promising tool to study CI and its applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08d19eaa60fd42e5a2e7833b1a44d6652022-12-22T02:34:23ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422022-05-01255104335Highly transmissible cytoplasmic incompatibility by the extracellular insect symbiont SpiroplasmaMarie Pollmann0Logan D. Moore1Elena Krimmer2Paul D'Alvise3Martin Hasselmann4Steve J. Perlman5Matthew J. Ballinger6Johannes L.M. Steidle7Yuval Gottlieb8Department of Chemical Ecology 190t, Institute of Biology, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, GermanyDepartment of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USADepartment of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, 97074 Wuerzburg, GermanyInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital of Tuebingen, 72016 Tuebingen, GermanyDepartment of Livestock Population Genomics 460h, Institute of Animal Science, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, GermanyDepartment of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 3N5, CanadaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USADepartment of Chemical Ecology 190t, Institute of Biology, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany; KomBioTa - Center of Biodiversity and Integrative Taxonomy, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany; Corresponding authorKoret School of Veterinary Medicine, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, POB 12, Rehovot 76100, IsraelSummary: Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is a form of reproductive manipulation caused by maternally inherited endosymbionts infecting arthropods, like Wolbachia, whereby matings between infected males and uninfected females produce few or no offspring. We report the discovery of a new CI symbiont, a strain of Spiroplasma causing CI in the parasitoid wasp Lariophagus distinguendus. Its extracellular occurrence enabled us to establish CI in uninfected adult insects by transferring Spiroplasma-infected hemolymph. We sequenced the CI-Spiroplasma genome and did not find any homologues of any of the cif genes discovered to cause CI in Wolbachia, suggesting independent evolution of CI. Instead, the genome contains other potential CI-causing candidate genes, such as homologues of high-mobility group (HMG) box proteins that are crucial in eukaryotic development but rare in bacterial genomes. Spiroplasma’s extracellular nature and broad host range encompassing medically and agriculturally important arthropods make it a promising tool to study CI and its applications.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422200606XZoologyEntomologyMicrobiologyMicrobiology parasite |
| spellingShingle | Marie Pollmann Logan D. Moore Elena Krimmer Paul D'Alvise Martin Hasselmann Steve J. Perlman Matthew J. Ballinger Johannes L.M. Steidle Yuval Gottlieb Highly transmissible cytoplasmic incompatibility by the extracellular insect symbiont Spiroplasma iScience Zoology Entomology Microbiology Microbiology parasite |
| title | Highly transmissible cytoplasmic incompatibility by the extracellular insect symbiont Spiroplasma |
| title_full | Highly transmissible cytoplasmic incompatibility by the extracellular insect symbiont Spiroplasma |
| title_fullStr | Highly transmissible cytoplasmic incompatibility by the extracellular insect symbiont Spiroplasma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Highly transmissible cytoplasmic incompatibility by the extracellular insect symbiont Spiroplasma |
| title_short | Highly transmissible cytoplasmic incompatibility by the extracellular insect symbiont Spiroplasma |
| title_sort | highly transmissible cytoplasmic incompatibility by the extracellular insect symbiont spiroplasma |
| topic | Zoology Entomology Microbiology Microbiology parasite |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422200606X |
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