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1 January 2003 Molecular Phylogeny of Wolbachia Endosymbionts in Southeast Asian Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) Based on wsp Gene Sequences
Toon Ruang-Areerate, Pattamaporn Kittyapong, Visut Baimai, Scott L. O’Neill
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Abstract

Wolbachia are maternally inherited intracellular bacteria that infect a wide range of arthropods and nematodes and are associated with various reproductive abnormalities in their hosts. Insect-associated Wolbachia form a monophyletic clade in the α-Proteobacteria and recently have been separated into two supergroups (A and B) and 19 groups. Our recent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) survey using wsp specific primers indicated that various strains of Wolbachia were present in mosquitoes collected from Southeast Asia. Here, we report the phylogenetic relationship of the Wolbachia strains found in these mosquitoes using wsp gene sequences. Our phylogenetic analysis revealed eight new Wolbachia strains, five in the A supergroup and three in the B supergroup. Most of the Wolbachia strains present in Southeast Asian mosquitoes belong to the established Mors, Con, and Pip groups.

Toon Ruang-Areerate, Pattamaporn Kittyapong, Visut Baimai, and Scott L. O’Neill "Molecular Phylogeny of Wolbachia Endosymbionts in Southeast Asian Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) Based on wsp Gene Sequences," Journal of Medical Entomology 40(1), 1-5, (1 January 2003). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-40.1.1
Received: 18 October 2001; Accepted: 1 June 2002; Published: 1 January 2003
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KEYWORDS
endosymbionts
mosquitoes
phylogeny
Wolbachia
wsp sequences
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