Bacterial communities of the cotton aphid Aphis gossypii associated with Bt cotton in northern China

Aphids are infected with a wide variety of endosymbionts that can confer ecologically relevant traits. However, the bacterial communities of most aphid species are still poorly characterized. This study investigated the bacterial diversity of the cotton aphid Aphis gossypii associated with Bt cotton...

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Main Authors:	Zhao, Yao, Zhang, Shuai, Luo, Jun-Yu, Wang, Chun-Yi, Lv, Li-Min, Cui, Jin-Jie
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Language:	English
Published:	Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4832190/

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spelling	pubmed-48321902016-04-20 Bacterial communities of the cotton aphid Aphis gossypii associated with Bt cotton in northern China Zhao, Yao Zhang, Shuai Luo, Jun-Yu Wang, Chun-Yi Lv, Li-Min Cui, Jin-Jie Article Aphids are infected with a wide variety of endosymbionts that can confer ecologically relevant traits. However, the bacterial communities of most aphid species are still poorly characterized. This study investigated the bacterial diversity of the cotton aphid Aphis gossypii associated with Bt cotton in northern China by targeting the V4 region of the 16S rDNA using the Illumina MiSeq platform. Our sequencing data revealed that bacterial communities of A. gossypii were generally dominated by the primary symbiont Buchnera, together with the facultative symbionts Arsenophonus and Hamiltonella. To our knowledge, this is the first report documenting the facultative symbiont Hamiltonella in A. gossypii. Moreover, the bacterial community structure was similar within aphids from the same province, but distinct among those from different provinces. The taxonomic diversity of the bacterial community is greater in Hebei Province compared with in samples from Henan and Shandong Provinces. The selection pressure exerted by the different geographical locations could explain the differences found among the various provinces. These findings broaden our understanding of the interactions among aphids, endosymbionts and their environments, and provide clues to develop potential biocontrol techniques against this cotton aphid. Nature Publishing Group 2016-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4832190/ /pubmed/27079679 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep22958 Text en Copyright © 2016, Macmillan Publishers Limited http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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author	Zhao, Yao Zhang, Shuai Luo, Jun-Yu Wang, Chun-Yi Lv, Li-Min Cui, Jin-Jie
spellingShingle	Zhao, Yao Zhang, Shuai Luo, Jun-Yu Wang, Chun-Yi Lv, Li-Min Cui, Jin-Jie Bacterial communities of the cotton aphid Aphis gossypii associated with Bt cotton in northern China
author_facet	Zhao, Yao Zhang, Shuai Luo, Jun-Yu Wang, Chun-Yi Lv, Li-Min Cui, Jin-Jie
author_sort	Zhao, Yao
title	Bacterial communities of the cotton aphid Aphis gossypii associated with Bt cotton in northern China
title_short	Bacterial communities of the cotton aphid Aphis gossypii associated with Bt cotton in northern China
title_full	Bacterial communities of the cotton aphid Aphis gossypii associated with Bt cotton in northern China
title_fullStr	Bacterial communities of the cotton aphid Aphis gossypii associated with Bt cotton in northern China
title_full_unstemmed	Bacterial communities of the cotton aphid Aphis gossypii associated with Bt cotton in northern China
title_sort	bacterial communities of the cotton aphid aphis gossypii associated with bt cotton in northern china
description	Aphids are infected with a wide variety of endosymbionts that can confer ecologically relevant traits. However, the bacterial communities of most aphid species are still poorly characterized. This study investigated the bacterial diversity of the cotton aphid Aphis gossypii associated with Bt cotton in northern China by targeting the V4 region of the 16S rDNA using the Illumina MiSeq platform. Our sequencing data revealed that bacterial communities of A. gossypii were generally dominated by the primary symbiont Buchnera, together with the facultative symbionts Arsenophonus and Hamiltonella. To our knowledge, this is the first report documenting the facultative symbiont Hamiltonella in A. gossypii. Moreover, the bacterial community structure was similar within aphids from the same province, but distinct among those from different provinces. The taxonomic diversity of the bacterial community is greater in Hebei Province compared with in samples from Henan and Shandong Provinces. The selection pressure exerted by the different geographical locations could explain the differences found among the various provinces. These findings broaden our understanding of the interactions among aphids, endosymbionts and their environments, and provide clues to develop potential biocontrol techniques against this cotton aphid.
publisher	Nature Publishing Group
publishDate	2016
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4832190/
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Bacterial communities of the cotton aphid Aphis gossypii associated with Bt cotton in northern China

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