Publication: Molecular Phylogeny of Wolbachia Endosymbionts in Southeast Asian Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) Based on wsp Gene Sequences
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2003-01-01
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00222585
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Mahidol University
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Journal of Medical Entomology. Vol.40, No.1 (2003), 1-5
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Toon Ruang-areerate, Pattamaporn Kittayapong, Visut Baimai, Scott L. O'Neill Molecular Phylogeny of Wolbachia Endosymbionts in Southeast Asian Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) Based on wsp Gene Sequences. Journal of Medical Entomology. Vol.40, No.1 (2003), 1-5. doi:10.1603/0022-2585-40.1.1 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/20660
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Molecular Phylogeny of Wolbachia Endosymbionts in Southeast Asian Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) Based on wsp Gene Sequences
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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.