The First Finding of a Rickettsia Bacterium Associated with Parthenogenesis Induction Among Insects
| Autor: | Kazuki Miura, Yoshihisa Abe, Tetsuya Hagimori, Shuichi Date |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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animal structures Tetracycline Parthenogenesis Zoology Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiology Parasitoid Species Specificity RNA Ribosomal 16S Botany medicine Animals Rickettsia Phaseolus Larva biology Diptera General Medicine 16S ribosomal RNA biology.organism_classification Plant Leaves Microscopy Electron RNA Bacterial Genes Bacterial Female Thelytoky Bacteria medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Current Microbiology. 52:97-101 |
| ISSN: | 1432-0991 0343-8651 |
| Popis: | The larval endoparasitoid, Neochrysocharis formosa (Westwood), is an important natural enemy of the leafminer Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) in Japan. The thelytokous strain of N. formosa mostly produces female progeny. Male progeny were produced by females treated with tetracycline, suggesting that microorganisms induce thelytoky in N. formosa. The result of nucleotide sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene indicated that the parasitoid is infected with a Rickettsia bacterium, which appears to be causative of the thelytoky. Although Rickettsia-bellii-like bacteria have been found to be associated with various reproductive disorders, this is the first finding of a parthenogenesis-inducing Rickettsia among insects. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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