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  • Insect-Microbe Interactions
  • Population Genetics

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  • Animal microbiomes are shaped by host phylogeny, diet, and environment.
  • The interplay of these factors across spatial scales remains poorly understood.
  • Investigating specialist insects like the western corn rootworm (WCR) provides insight into microbiome determinants.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify key influences on the bacterial microbiome of the western corn rootworm (WCR).
  • To compare WCR microbiome patterns with its congeneric species, the northern corn rootworm (NCR).
  • To understand how spatial scale affects microbiome composition in these specialist insects.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of bacterial communities in adult WCR and NCR collected from corn plants.
  • Sampling across multiple geographic locations to assess spatial influences.
  • Correlation of microbiome similarity with geographic distance at varying spatial scales.

Main Results:

  • Both WCR and NCR shared core bacterial communities despite geographic separation.
  • Collection location significantly impacted the microbiome composition within each species.
  • Microbiome similarity decreased with distance at small scales (~25 km) but not at broad scales (>200 km) for WCR.
  • Broad-scale WCR microbiome patterns correlated with historical invasion routes across the US.

Conclusions:

  • Bacterial communities in these specialist insects are structured by dispersal dynamics at regional scales.
  • Landscape-level factors, potentially genetic or environmental, drive microbiome composition at broader spatial scales.
  • Host-associated microbial communities exhibit complex spatial structuring influenced by multiple ecological processes.