Acta Entomologica Sinica (2005) 48, 859-865

Yong-Ming Ruan and Shu-Sheng Liu (2005)
[Detection and phylogenetic analysis of prokaryotic endosymbionts in Bemisia tabaci]
Acta Entomologica Sinica 48 (6), 859-865
Abstract: Whiteflies are plant sap-feeding insects that harbor prokaryotic symbionts, including primary and secondary endosymbionts. In this study, PCR-based detection of prokaryotic endosymbionts of a Bemisia tabaci B biotype and a non-B biotype China-ZHJ-1 population in Zhejiang, China was performed. Both B and non-B biotype populations harbored a common primary endosymbiont, but different secondary endosymbionts. A secondary endosymbiont of the family Enterobacteriaceae was detected in the B biotype population but not in the non-B biotype. Two other secondary endosymbionts, Wolbachia and Arsenophonus, were detected in non-B biotype population but not in B biotype. Phylogenetic analysis of primary endosymbionts based on 16S rDNA indicates that the non-B biotype is native to China while the B biotype is an invasive biotype.
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(original language: Chinese)
Database assignments for author(s): Shu-Sheng Liu

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Bemisia tabaci biotype MEAM1		China (south)
	Bemisia tabaci		China (south)
Wolbachia (genus - entomopathogens)	Bemisia tabaci		China (south)