Symbiotic bacteria inhabiting tephritid flies: a worldwide specific interaction

  • Viale, E
Publication date
July 2014
Publisher
Università degli studi di Padova

Abstract

Several insect lineages have evolved mutualistic associations with their symbiotic bacteria. This is the case of some members of Tephritinae, the most specialized subfamily of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), harboring co-evolved and vertically transmitted bacterial symbionts in their midgut, known as ‘Candidatus Stammerula spp.’. In the tephritid fly Bactrocera oleae, the major olive pest, symbionts are located in the oesophageal bulb, a diverticulum of the fly head, and designated as ‘Candidatus Erwinia dacicola’. This research, based on two main studies, is focused on different aspects of the relationships between species of the family Tephritidae and their nonculturable symbiotic bacteria. The first study investigated the presenc...

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