Comparative screening of endosymbiotic bacteria associated with the asexual and sexual lineages of the termite Glyptotermes nakajimai

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Table 1. Examination of bacterial endosymbionts associated with host reproductive manipulations in the asexual and sexual lineages of the termite Glyptotermes nakajimai. Bacterial screening is based on whole workers (excluding guts) (n = 15).

Assigned taxonomy		Relative abundance (%)
(Phylum: Class: Genus)	Possible phenotype*	Asexual lineage	Sexual lineage
Proteobacteria: Alphaproteobacteria: Rickettsia	PI, MK	0	0
Proteobacteria: Alphaproteobacteria: Wolbachia	PI, FM, MK, CI	0	81.8
Proteobacteria: Alphaproteobacteria: Gen.^†	CI^†	0	0
Proteobacteria: Gammaproteobacteria: Arsenophonus	MK	0	0
Bacteroidetes: Cytophagia: Cardinium	PI, FM, CI	0	0
Bacteroidetes: Flavobacteriia: Flavobacterium	MK	0	0
Tenericutes: Mollicutes: Spiroplasma	MK	0	0

*Reviewed by Cordaux et al. [8]. PI, parthenogenesis induction; FM, feminization of genetic males; MK, male killing; CI, cytoplasmic incompatibility.

^†Reported by Takano et al. [10].

Figure 1. Bacterial taxa associated with the termite Glyptotermes nakajimai. The left bar graph is for the asexual lineage and the right is for the sexual lineage. Bacterial screening is based on whole workers (excluding guts) (n = 15).