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Costs and benefits of a superinfection of facultative symbionts in aphids

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Oliver, Kerry M, Moran, Nancy A, Hunter, Martha S·2006·Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
DOI 10.1098/rspb.2005.3436PMC PMC1560284
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Symbiotic associations between animals and inherited micro-organisms are widespread in nature. In many cases, hosts may be superinfected with multiple inherited symbionts. Acyrthosiphon pisum (the pea aphid) may harbour more than one facultative symbiont (called secondary symbionts) in addition to the obligate primary symbiont, Buchnera aphidicola . Previously we demonstrated that, in a controlled genetic background, A. pisum infected with either Serratia symbiotica or Hamiltonella defensa (called R- and T-type in that study) were more resistant to attack by the parasitoid Aphidius ervi . Here, we examined the consequences of A. pisum superinfected with both resistance-conferring symbionts. We found that an A. pisum line co-infected with both S. symbiotica and H. defensa symbionts exhibits even greater resistance to parasitism by A. ervi than either of the singly infected lines. Despite this added benefit to resistance, superinfections of S. symbiotica and H. defensa symbionts appeared rare in our survey of Utah A. pisum symbionts, which is probably attributable to severe fecundity costs. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction estimates indicate that while the density of H. defensa is similar in singly and superinfected hosts, S. symbiotica densities increased dramatically in superinfected hosts. Over-proliferation of symbionts or antagonistic interactions between symbionts may be harmful to the aphid host. Our results indicate that in addition to host–symbiont interactions, interactions among the symbionts themselves probably play a critical role in determining the distributions of symbionts in natural populations.

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  • Insects can also carry facultative (secondary) endosymbionts whose fitness effects on their hosts can be variable and complex.

    “Insects can also carry facultative (secondary) endosymbionts whose fitness effects on their hosts can be variable and complex (Oliver et al. 2006(Oliver et al. , 2009;;Degnan et al. 2009;Burke et al. 2010).”

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Authors
Oliver, K. M., Moran, N. A., & Hunter, M. S.
Affiliations
University of Arizona (US)
Corresponding author
Oliver, Kerry M
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Venue
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Publisher
The Royal Society
Published
2006-02-15
Volume
273
Issue
1591
Pages
1273-1280
ISSN
  • 0080-4649 (ISSN-L)
  • 0962-8452
  • 1471-2954
DOI
10.1098/rspb.2005.3436
PMC
PMC1560284
OpenAlex
W2148958822
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14.32
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Language
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Funders
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
Keywords
superinfection, facultative symbionts, secondary symbionts, Acyrthosiphon pisum, Serratia symbiotica, Hamiltonella defensa, Buchnera aphidicola, parasitoid resistance, Aphidius ervi, symbiont interactions, fecundity cost, symbiont density, host-symbiont interactions, symbiont distribution
MeSH terms
Animals, Aphids, Enterobacteriaceae, Fertility, Immunity, Innate, Phenotype, Serratia, Symbiosis, Utah

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