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ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 24, Issue 8, Pages 3764-3776Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15929
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31672034]
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Transmission, relative abundance, and role of Arsenophonus in cotton aphids are affected by host plants and environmental temperature. High temperature impedes transmission, while the amino acids and secondary metabolites in host plants influence the relative abundance. Arsenophonus provides a fitness benefit to aphids, dependent on specific host plants and concentrations of gossypol, a plant secondary metabolite.
Transmission rate and role in hosts contribute to the prevalence of an endosymbiont. However, factors affecting transmission and role of facultative endosymbionts are still not well understood. Here, we illustrated that host plants and environmental temperatures affected the transmission, relative abundance and role of Arsenophonus in the cotton aphid Aphis gossypii. The transmission rate of this endosymbiont from mother aphids to offspring was relatively lower. High temperatures impeded the transmission, and infection rates declined as aphids were exposed to 30 degrees C. Contents of amino acids and secondary metabolites were remarkably different among host plants. Aphids feeding on zucchini leaves containing a higher titre of amino acids and lower secondary metabolites harboured a relatively lower abundance of Arsenophonus. Concentrations of an amino acid and a plant secondary metabolite, cucurbitacin B, in aphid diet were not associated with Arsenophonus abundance. However, gossypol, another plant secondary metabolite, was strongly related with the abundance. Arsenophonus imparted a fitness benefit to aphids, and the benefit was dependent on host plants and gossypol concentration. In sum, plant secondary metabolite and environmental temperature affect transmission, relative abundance and role of Arsenophonus, which determine the endosymbiont prevalence in aphid populations.
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