2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
6/08/2017 | 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM | WOLBACHIA IS COMMON AMONG, BUT NOT NECESSARILY WITHIN, AQUATIC INSECT SPECIES | 305B
WOLBACHIA IS COMMON AMONG, BUT NOT NECESSARILY WITHIN, AQUATIC INSECT SPECIES
Wolbachia is a genus of bacteria commonly found within the reproductive tissues of arthropods and can cause an array of different effects on their hosts. A recent study found that 52% (CIs 44% - 60%) of aquatic species are infected with Wolbachia. This is similar to previous estimates of the incidence of Wolbachia in terrestrial insects. However, knowledge of the prevalence within species (i.e. the proportion of individuals infected) is unknown. We constructed a model that estimated the proportion of insects infected with Wolbachia within 244 aquatic insect species using data from previously published surveys. Preliminary findings indicate that at least half of the aquatic insect species infected with Wolbachia harbor infections below 5%. This varies widely across orders and families, however, and the estimates for many species are uncertain due to low sample sizes.
- C03 Invertebrates
- C28 Land-Water Interfaces
- C04 Microbial Ecology
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Eric Sazama
(), University of South Dakota, ericjsazama@gmail.com;
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Jeff Wesner
(), University of South Dakota, Jeff.Wesner@usd.edu;
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Scot Ouellette
(), University of Nebraska Medical Center, scot.ouellette@unmc.edu;
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