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Published on: June 1, 2022
Wolbachia megadiversity: 99% of these microorganismic manipulators unknown
Matsapume Detcharoen1, Wolfgang Arthofer1, Birgit C Schlick-Steiner1
1Department of Ecology, Molecular Ecology Group, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Abstract:
Wolbachia (Alphaproteobacteria) are the most widespread endosymbionts of arthropods, manipulating their hosts by various means to maximize the number of host individuals infected. Based on quantitative analyzes of the published literature from Web of Science® and of DNA sequences of arthropod-hosted Wolbachia from GenBank, we made plausible that less than 1% of the expected 100 000 strains of Wolbachia in arthropods is known. Our findings suggest that more and globally better coordinated efforts in screening arthropods are needed to explore the true Wolbachia diversity and to help us understand the ecology and evolution of these host-endosymbiont interactions.
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