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Nanetti A, Bortolotti L, Cilia G. Pathogens Spillover from Honey Bees to Other Arthropods. Pathogens 2021; 10:1044. [PMID: 34451508 PMCID: PMC8400633 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10081044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Honey bees, and pollinators in general, play a major role in the health of ecosystems. There is a consensus about the steady decrease in pollinator populations, which raises global ecological concern. Several drivers are implicated in this threat. Among them, honey bee pathogens are transmitted to other arthropods populations, including wild and managed pollinators. The western honey bee, Apis mellifera, is quasi-globally spread. This successful species acted as and, in some cases, became a maintenance host for pathogens. This systematic review collects and summarizes spillover cases having in common Apis mellifera as the mainteinance host and some of its pathogens. The reports are grouped by final host species and condition, year, and geographic area of detection and the co-occurrence in the same host. A total of eighty-one articles in the time frame 1960-2021 were included. The reported spillover cases cover a wide range of hymenopteran host species, generally living in close contact with or sharing the same environmental resources as the honey bees. They also involve non-hymenopteran arthropods, like spiders and roaches, which are either likely or unlikely to live in close proximity to honey bees. Specific studies should consider host-dependent pathogen modifications and effects on involved host species. Both the plasticity of bee pathogens and the ecological consequences of spillover suggest a holistic approach to bee health and the implementation of a One Health approach.
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economics Analysis, Centre for Agriculture and Environment Research (CREA-AA), Via di Saliceto 80, 40128 Bologna, Italy; (A.N.); (G.C.)
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Onah IE, Sumner S. DNA barcodes and new primers for nature's pest controllers: the social wasps. Genome 2020; 64:581-590. [PMID: 33170730 DOI: 10.1139/gen-2019-0193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Globally, biodiversity is declining because of anthropogenic pressures, and this could lead to extinction of some species before they are discovered. The loss of insect taxa is of prime concern, given recent reports of significant declines in the populations of many taxa across the globe. Efforts to document biodiversity have met with several challenges, amongst which are the difficulties in using morphological features to discriminate species, especially in insects. DNA barcoding is a rapid and reliable method for species identification and discovery but choosing appropriate primers to amplify the barcode region without co-amplifying contaminants remains a key challenge. We developed and tested a set of primers for PCR amplification of the DNA barcode region of the COI gene in polistine wasps. We tested their efficacy in 36 species of vespid wasps, and the solitary wasp Zethus miniatus Saussure. Samples were obtained from Africa, Americas, Asia, and Europe. The polistine-specific primers successfully amplified the barcode region for all polistines tested, without amplifying any Wolbachia present; they also worked with many species from the other Vespidae wasp subfamilies. The new primers are valuable for the discovery and accurate documentation of polistine wasps in the four continents.
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- Ikechukwu Eugene Onah
- Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, University of Nigeria, 410001 Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.,Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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McKendrick L, Provan J, Fitzpatrick Ú, Brown MJF, Murray TE, Stolle E, Paxton RJ. Microsatellite analysis supports the existence of three cryptic species within the bumble bee Bombus lucorum sensu lato. CONSERV GENET 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-017-0965-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Hawlitschek O, Morinière J, Lehmann GUC, Lehmann AW, Kropf M, Dunz A, Glaw F, Detcharoen M, Schmidt S, Hausmann A, Szucsich NU, Caetano-Wyler SA, Haszprunar G. DNA barcoding of crickets, katydids and grasshoppers (Orthoptera) from Central Europe with focus on Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Mol Ecol Resour 2016; 17:1037-1053. [PMID: 27863033 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Revised: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We present a DNA barcoding study on the insect order Orthoptera that was generated in collaboration between four barcoding projects in three countries, viz. Barcoding Fauna Bavarica (Germany), German Barcode of Life, Austrian Barcode of Life and Swiss Barcode of Life. Our data set includes 748 COI sequences from 127 of the 162 taxa (78.4%) recorded in the three countries involved. Ninety-three of these 122 species (76.2%, including all Ensifera) can be reliably identified using DNA barcodes. The remaining 26 caeliferan species (families Acrididae and Tetrigidae) form ten clusters that share barcodes among up to five species, in three cases even across different genera, and in six cases even sharing individual barcodes. We discuss incomplete lineage sorting and hybridization as most likely causes of this phenomenon, as the species concerned are phylogenetically young and hybridization has been previously observed. We also highlight the problem of nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes (numts), a known problem in the barcoding of orthopteran species, and the possibility of Wolbachia infections. Finally, we discuss the possible taxonomic implications of our barcoding results and point out future research directions.
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- O Hawlitschek
- Zoologische Staatssammlung München (SNSB-ZSM), Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247, München, Germany.,Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta 37, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Zoologische Staatssammlung München (SNSB-ZSM), Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247, München, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Behavioural Physiology, Humboldt University Berlin, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Orthoptera Working Group Brandenburg and Berlin, Friedensallee 37, 14532, Stahnsdorf, Germany
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- Institute for Integrative Nature Conservation Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Gregor Mendel-Str. 33, 1180, Vienna, Austria
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- Zoologische Staatssammlung München (SNSB-ZSM), Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247, München, Germany
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- Zoologische Staatssammlung München (SNSB-ZSM), Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247, München, Germany
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- Zoologische Staatssammlung München (SNSB-ZSM), Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247, München, Germany
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- Zoologische Staatssammlung München (SNSB-ZSM), Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247, München, Germany
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- Zoologische Staatssammlung München (SNSB-ZSM), Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247, München, Germany
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- 3rd Zoological Dep., Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, 1010, Vienna, Austria
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- Université de Genève, Département de Génétique et Evolution, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Zoologische Staatssammlung München (SNSB-ZSM), Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247, München, Germany.,Department Biology II and GeoBio-Center of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Groβhaderner Str. 2, 82152, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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Schmidt S, Schmid-Egger C, Morinière J, Haszprunar G, Hebert PDN. DNA barcoding largely supports 250 years of classical taxonomy: identifications for Central European bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea partim). Mol Ecol Resour 2015; 15:985-1000. [PMID: 25588628 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Revised: 11/18/2014] [Accepted: 12/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This study presents DNA barcode records for 4118 specimens representing 561 species of bees belonging to the six families of Apoidea (Andrenidae, Apidae, Colletidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae and Melittidae) found in Central Europe. These records provide fully compliant barcode sequences for 503 of the 571 bee species in the German fauna and partial sequences for 43 more. The barcode results are largely congruent with traditional taxonomy as only five closely allied pairs of species could not be discriminated by barcodes. As well, 90% of the species possessed sufficiently deep sequence divergence to be assigned to a different Barcode Index Number (BIN). In fact, 56 species (11%) were assigned to two or more BINs reflecting the high levels of intraspecific divergence among their component specimens. Fifty other species (9.7%) shared the same Barcode Index Number with one or more species, but most of these species belonged to a distinct barcode cluster within a particular BIN. The barcode data contributed to clarifying the status of nearly half the examined taxonomically problematic species of bees in the German fauna. Based on these results, the role of DNA barcoding as a tool for current and future taxonomic work is discussed.
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- Stefan Schmidt
- SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung, Muenchhausenstr. 21, 81247, Munich, Germany
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- Schmid-Egger & Partner, Agentur für Kommunikation, Fischerstr. 1, 10317, Berlin, Germany
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- SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung, Muenchhausenstr. 21, 81247, Munich, Germany
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- SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung, Muenchhausenstr. 21, 81247, Munich, Germany
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- Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (BIO), University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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Bacteria are omnipotent and they can be found everywhere. The study of bacterial pathogens has been happening from olden days to prevent epidemics, food spoilage, losses in agricultural production, and loss of lives. Modern techniques in DNA based species identification are considered. So, there is a need to acquire simple and quick identification technique. Hence, this review article covers the efficacy of DNA barcoding of bacteria. Routine DNA barcoding involves the production of PCR amplicons from particular regions to sequence them and these sequence data are used to identify or “barcode” that organism to make a distinction from other species.
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