Endosymbiotic bacteria in honey bees: Arsenophonus spp. are not transmitted transovarially

© FEMS 2016. All rights reserved. Intracellular endosymbiotic bacteria are common and can play a crucial role for insect pathology. Therefore, such bacteria could be a potential key to our understanding of major losses of Western honey bees (Apis mellifera) colonies. However, the transmission and po...

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Main Authors: Orlando Yañez, Laurent Gauthier, Panuwan Chantawannakul, Peter Neumann
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-551902018-09-05T03:03:25Z Endosymbiotic bacteria in honey bees: Arsenophonus spp. are not transmitted transovarially Orlando Yañez Laurent Gauthier Panuwan Chantawannakul Peter Neumann Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Immunology and Microbiology © FEMS 2016. All rights reserved. Intracellular endosymbiotic bacteria are common and can play a crucial role for insect pathology. Therefore, such bacteria could be a potential key to our understanding of major losses of Western honey bees (Apis mellifera) colonies. However, the transmission and potential effects of endosymbiotic bacteria in A. mellifera and other Apis spp. are poorly understood. Here, we explore the prevalence and transmission of the genera Arsenophonus, Wolbachia, Spiroplasma and Rickettsia in Apis spp. Colonies of A. mellifera (N = 33, with 20 eggs from worker brood cells and 100 adult workers each) as well as mated honey bee queens of A. cerana, A. dorsata and A. florea (N = 12 each) were screened using PCR. While Wolbachia, Spiroplasma and Rickettsia were not detected, Arsenophonus spp. were found in 24.2% of A. mellifera colonies and respective queens as well as in queens of A. dorsata (8.3%) and A. florea (8.3%), but not in A. cerana. The absence of Arsenophonus spp. from reproductive organs of A. mellifera queens and surface-sterilized eggs does not support transovarial vertical transmission. Instead, horizontal transmission is most likely. 2018-09-05T02:52:53Z 2018-09-05T02:52:53Z 2016-07-01 Journal 15746968 03781097 2-s2.0-84991394203 10.1093/femsle/fnw147 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84991394203&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/55190
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topic Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Immunology and Microbiology
spellingShingle Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Immunology and Microbiology
Orlando Yañez
Laurent Gauthier
Panuwan Chantawannakul
Peter Neumann
Endosymbiotic bacteria in honey bees: Arsenophonus spp. are not transmitted transovarially
description © FEMS 2016. All rights reserved. Intracellular endosymbiotic bacteria are common and can play a crucial role for insect pathology. Therefore, such bacteria could be a potential key to our understanding of major losses of Western honey bees (Apis mellifera) colonies. However, the transmission and potential effects of endosymbiotic bacteria in A. mellifera and other Apis spp. are poorly understood. Here, we explore the prevalence and transmission of the genera Arsenophonus, Wolbachia, Spiroplasma and Rickettsia in Apis spp. Colonies of A. mellifera (N = 33, with 20 eggs from worker brood cells and 100 adult workers each) as well as mated honey bee queens of A. cerana, A. dorsata and A. florea (N = 12 each) were screened using PCR. While Wolbachia, Spiroplasma and Rickettsia were not detected, Arsenophonus spp. were found in 24.2% of A. mellifera colonies and respective queens as well as in queens of A. dorsata (8.3%) and A. florea (8.3%), but not in A. cerana. The absence of Arsenophonus spp. from reproductive organs of A. mellifera queens and surface-sterilized eggs does not support transovarial vertical transmission. Instead, horizontal transmission is most likely.
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author Orlando Yañez
Laurent Gauthier
Panuwan Chantawannakul
Peter Neumann
author_facet Orlando Yañez
Laurent Gauthier
Panuwan Chantawannakul
Peter Neumann
author_sort Orlando Yañez
title Endosymbiotic bacteria in honey bees: Arsenophonus spp. are not transmitted transovarially
title_short Endosymbiotic bacteria in honey bees: Arsenophonus spp. are not transmitted transovarially
title_full Endosymbiotic bacteria in honey bees: Arsenophonus spp. are not transmitted transovarially
title_fullStr Endosymbiotic bacteria in honey bees: Arsenophonus spp. are not transmitted transovarially
title_full_unstemmed Endosymbiotic bacteria in honey bees: Arsenophonus spp. are not transmitted transovarially
title_sort endosymbiotic bacteria in honey bees: arsenophonus spp. are not transmitted transovarially
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