Yanez Amayo, Victor Orlando; Gauthier, Laurent; Chantawannakul, Panuwan; Neumann, Peter (2016). Endosymbiotic bacteria in honey bees: Arsenophonus spp. are not transmitted transovarially. FEMS microbiology letters, 363(14), fnw147. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1093/femsle/fnw147
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Intracellular endosymbiotic bacteria are common and can play a crucial role for insect pathology. Therefore, such bacteria could be a potential key to our understanding of major losses of Western honey bees (Apis mellifera) colonies. However, the transmission and potential effects of endosymbiotic bacteria in A. mellifera and other Apis spp. are poorly understood. Here, we explore the prevalence and transmission of the genera Arsenophonus, Wolbachia, Spiroplasma and Rickettsia in Apis spp. Colonies of A. mellifera (N = 33, with 20 eggs from worker brood cells and 100 adult workers each) as well as mated honey bee queens of A. cerana, A. dorsata and A. florea (N = 12 each) were screened using PCR. While Wolbachia, Spiroplasma and Rickettsia were not detected, Arsenophonus spp. were found in 24.2% of A. mellifera colonies and respective queens as well as in queens of A. dorsata (8.3%) and A. florea (8.3%), but not in A. cerana. The absence of Arsenophonus spp. from reproductive organs of A. mellifera queens and surface-sterilized eggs does not support transovarial vertical transmission. Instead, horizontal transmission is most likely.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) > Institute of Bee Health |
UniBE Contributor: |
Yanez Amayo, Victor Orlando, Neumann, Peter (B) |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 500 Science > 590 Animals (Zoology) |
ISSN: |
0378-1097 |
Publisher: |
Wiley-Blackwell |
Funders: |
[4] Swiss National Science Foundation ; [72] Vinetum Foundation ; [84] Chiang Mai University |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Victor Orlando Yanez Amayo |
Date Deposited: |
19 Jul 2016 14:05 |
Last Modified: |
29 Mar 2023 23:34 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1093/femsle/fnw147 |
PubMed ID: |
27279628 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.83963 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/83963 |
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