Journal article
Recent infection by Wolbachia alters microbial communities in wild Laodelphax striatellus populations
XZ Duan, JT Sun, LT Wang, XH Shu, Y Guo, M Keiichiro, YX Zhu, XL Bing, AA Hoffmann, XY Hong
Microbiome | BMC | Published : 2020
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Abstract
Background: Host-associated microbial communities play an important role in the fitness of insect hosts. However, the factors shaping microbial communities in wild populations, including genetic background, ecological factors, and interactions among microbial species, remain largely unknown. Results: Here, we surveyed microbial communities of the small brown planthopper (SBPH, Laodelphax striatellus) across 17 geographical populations in China and Japan by using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. Using structural equation models (SEM) and Mantel analyses, we show that variation in microbial community structure is likely associated with longitude, annual mean precipitation (Bio12), and mitochondri..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31972264, 31672035 and 31871976). AAH was supported by an NHMRC Research Fellowship while contributing to this paper. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.