Phylogeny of the arthropod endosymbiont Wolbachia based on the wsp gene Export

@article{citeulike:2526234, abstract = {Bacteria of the genus Wolbachia (Rickettsiae) are widespread in arthropods and can induce cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), thelytoky (T) or feminization (F) in their host. Recent research on the wsp gene of mainly CI inducing Wolbachia has shown that this gene evolves at a much faster rate than previously sequenced genes such as 16S or ftsZ. As a result this gene appears to be very useful in subdividing the Wolbachia and twelve groups have been distinguished to date. Here we extend the Wolbachia wsp data set with fifteen T-Wolbachia, one F-Wolbachia and three other CI-Wolbachia strains. The results showed: (i) the addition of seven groups; (ii) no relation between host phenotype and Wolbachia phylogenetic position; and (iii) possible horizontal Wolbachia transfer between the moth Ephestia kuehniella and its parasitoid Trichogramma spp.}, author = {van Meer, M. M. M. and Witteveldt, J. and Stouthamer, R.}, citeulike-article-id = {2526234}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.83129.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.83129.x}, doi = {10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.83129.x}, journal = {Insect Molecular Biology}, keywords = {arthropod, bacteria, endosymbiont, genetic, insect, parasite, phylogeny, wolbachia, wsp}, number = {3}, pages = {399--408}, posted-at = {2008-03-13 13:23:48}, priority = {2}, title = {Phylogeny of the arthropod endosymbiont Wolbachia based on the wsp gene}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.83129.x}, volume = {8}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2526234 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2526234 N2 - Bacteria of the genus Wolbachia (Rickettsiae) are widespread in arthropods and can induce cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), thelytoky (T) or feminization (F) in their host. Recent research on the wsp gene of mainly CI inducing Wolbachia has shown that this gene evolves at a much faster rate than previously sequenced genes such as 16S or ftsZ. As a result this gene appears to be very useful in subdividing the Wolbachia and twelve groups have been distinguished to date. Here we extend the Wolbachia wsp data set with fifteen T-Wolbachia, one F-Wolbachia and three other CI-Wolbachia strains. The results showed: (i) the addition of seven groups; (ii) no relation between host phenotype and Wolbachia phylogenetic position; and (iii) possible horizontal Wolbachia transfer between the moth Ephestia kuehniella and its parasitoid Trichogramma spp. IS - 3 JF - Insect Molecular Biology EP - 408 TI - Phylogeny of the arthropod endosymbiont Wolbachia based on the wsp gene VL - 8 SP - 399 KW - arthropod KW - bacteria KW - endosymbiont KW - genetic KW - insect KW - parasite KW - phylogeny KW - wolbachia KW - wsp AU - van Meer, MMM AU - Witteveldt, J AU - Stouthamer, R PY - 1999/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.83129.x ER -