@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref21676,
author = {Adrien Merville and Samuel Venner and H?l?ne Henri and Agn?s Vallier and Fr?d?ric Menu and Fabrice Vavre and Abdelaziz Heddi and Marie-Claude Bel-Venner},
title = {Endosymbiont diversity among sibling weevil species competing for the same resource},
year = {2013},
keywords = {Endosymbiosis, host community, Curculio, oak weevil, infection pattern, niche partitioning, field study},
doi = {},
url = {http://},
pmid = {},
journal = {BMC Evolutionary Biology},
volume = {},
number = {},
pages = {},
abstract = {Background: Whereas the impact of endosymbionts on the ecology of their hosts is well known in some insect species, the question of whether host communities are influenced by endosymbionts remains largely unanswered. Notably, the coexistence of host species competing with each other, which is expected to be stabilized by their ecological differences, could be facilitated by differences in their endosymbionts. Yet, the composition of endosymbiotic communities housed by natural communities of competing host species is still almost unknown. In this study, we started filling this gap by describing and comparing the bacterial endosymbiotic communities of four sibling weevil species (Curculio spp.) that compete with each other to lay eggs into oak acorns (Quercus spp.) and exhibit marked ecological differences.
Results: All four species housed the primary endosymbiont Candidatus Curculioniphilus buchneri, yet each of these had a clearly distinct community of secondary endosymbionts, including Rickettsia, Spiroplasma, and two Wolbachia strains. Notably, three weevil species harbored their own predominant facultative endosymbiont and possessed the remaining symbionts at a residual infection level.
Conclusions: The four competing species clearly harbor distinct endosymbiotic communities. We discuss how such endosymbiotic communities could spread and keep distinct in the four insect species, and how these symbionts might affect the organization and species richness of host communities.
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}
Citation for Study 13815
Citation title:
"Endosymbiont diversity among sibling weevil species competing for the same resource".
Study name:
"Endosymbiont diversity among sibling weevil species competing for the same resource".
This study is part of submission 13815
(Status: Published).
Citation
Merville A., Venner S., Henri H., Vallier A., Menu F., Vavre F., Heddi A., & Bel-venner M. 2013. Endosymbiont diversity among sibling weevil species competing for the same resource. BMC Evolutionary Biology, .
Authors
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Merville A.
(submitter)
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Venner S.
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Henri H.
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Vallier A.
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Menu F.
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Vavre F.
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Heddi A.
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Bel-venner M.
Abstract
Background: Whereas the impact of endosymbionts on the ecology of their hosts is well known in some insect species, the question of whether host communities are influenced by endosymbionts remains largely unanswered. Notably, the coexistence of host species competing with each other, which is expected to be stabilized by their ecological differences, could be facilitated by differences in their endosymbionts. Yet, the composition of endosymbiotic communities housed by natural communities of competing host species is still almost unknown. In this study, we started filling this gap by describing and comparing the bacterial endosymbiotic communities of four sibling weevil species (Curculio spp.) that compete with each other to lay eggs into oak acorns (Quercus spp.) and exhibit marked ecological differences.
Results: All four species housed the primary endosymbiont Candidatus Curculioniphilus buchneri, yet each of these had a clearly distinct community of secondary endosymbionts, including Rickettsia, Spiroplasma, and two Wolbachia strains. Notably, three weevil species harbored their own predominant facultative endosymbiont and possessed the remaining symbionts at a residual infection level.
Conclusions: The four competing species clearly harbor distinct endosymbiotic communities. We discuss how such endosymbiotic communities could spread and keep distinct in the four insect species, and how these symbionts might affect the organization and species richness of host communities.
Keywords
Endosymbiosis, host community, Curculio, oak weevil, infection pattern, niche partitioning, field study
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@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref21676,
author = {Adrien Merville and Samuel Venner and H?l?ne Henri and Agn?s Vallier and Fr?d?ric Menu and Fabrice Vavre and Abdelaziz Heddi and Marie-Claude Bel-Venner},
title = {Endosymbiont diversity among sibling weevil species competing for the same resource},
year = {2013},
keywords = {Endosymbiosis, host community, Curculio, oak weevil, infection pattern, niche partitioning, field study},
doi = {},
url = {http://},
pmid = {},
journal = {BMC Evolutionary Biology},
volume = {},
number = {},
pages = {},
abstract = {Background: Whereas the impact of endosymbionts on the ecology of their hosts is well known in some insect species, the question of whether host communities are influenced by endosymbionts remains largely unanswered. Notably, the coexistence of host species competing with each other, which is expected to be stabilized by their ecological differences, could be facilitated by differences in their endosymbionts. Yet, the composition of endosymbiotic communities housed by natural communities of competing host species is still almost unknown. In this study, we started filling this gap by describing and comparing the bacterial endosymbiotic communities of four sibling weevil species (Curculio spp.) that compete with each other to lay eggs into oak acorns (Quercus spp.) and exhibit marked ecological differences.
Results: All four species housed the primary endosymbiont Candidatus Curculioniphilus buchneri, yet each of these had a clearly distinct community of secondary endosymbionts, including Rickettsia, Spiroplasma, and two Wolbachia strains. Notably, three weevil species harbored their own predominant facultative endosymbiont and possessed the remaining symbionts at a residual infection level.
Conclusions: The four competing species clearly harbor distinct endosymbiotic communities. We discuss how such endosymbiotic communities could spread and keep distinct in the four insect species, and how these symbionts might affect the organization and species richness of host communities.
}
}
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TY - JOUR
ID - 21676
AU - Merville,Adrien
AU - Venner,Samuel
AU - Henri,H?l?ne
AU - Vallier,Agn?s
AU - Menu,Fr?d?ric
AU - Vavre,Fabrice
AU - Heddi,Abdelaziz
AU - Bel-Venner,Marie-Claude
T1 - Endosymbiont diversity among sibling weevil species competing for the same resource
PY - 2013
KW - Endosymbiosis
KW - host community
KW - Curculio
KW - oak weevil
KW - infection pattern
KW - niche partitioning
KW - field study
UR - http://dx.doi.org/
N2 - Background: Whereas the impact of endosymbionts on the ecology of their hosts is well known in some insect species, the question of whether host communities are influenced by endosymbionts remains largely unanswered. Notably, the coexistence of host species competing with each other, which is expected to be stabilized by their ecological differences, could be facilitated by differences in their endosymbionts. Yet, the composition of endosymbiotic communities housed by natural communities of competing host species is still almost unknown. In this study, we started filling this gap by describing and comparing the bacterial endosymbiotic communities of four sibling weevil species (Curculio spp.) that compete with each other to lay eggs into oak acorns (Quercus spp.) and exhibit marked ecological differences.
Results: All four species housed the primary endosymbiont Candidatus Curculioniphilus buchneri, yet each of these had a clearly distinct community of secondary endosymbionts, including Rickettsia, Spiroplasma, and two Wolbachia strains. Notably, three weevil species harbored their own predominant facultative endosymbiont and possessed the remaining symbionts at a residual infection level.
Conclusions: The four competing species clearly harbor distinct endosymbiotic communities. We discuss how such endosymbiotic communities could spread and keep distinct in the four insect species, and how these symbionts might affect the organization and species richness of host communities.
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JF - BMC Evolutionary Biology
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