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7691685

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-11-4
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The bacterial cell division gene, ftsZ, was used as a specific probe to show the presence of a symbiotic bacterium in two wild type strains of Drosophila melanogaster. Under stringent hybridization conditions we have shown that the bacterium is transferred to the progeny of these strains from infected mothers and can be eradicated by treatment with the antibiotic tetracycline. We have characterized this bacterium, by amplifying and sequencing its 16S rRNA gene, as being a member of the genus Wolbachia, an organism that is known to parasitize a range of insects including Drosophila simulans. In a series of reciprocal crosses no evidence was found that the symbiont causes cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) which is known to occur in infected strains of D. simulans. The implications of these findings are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:author
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:geneSymbol
ftsZ
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
23-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Evidence for a Wolbachia symbiont in Drosophila melanogaster.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, England.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't