@article{fdi:010073714,
  title = {{V}ariations in the relative abundance of {W}olbachia in the gut of {N}asutitermes arborum across life stages and castes},
  author = {{D}iouf, {M}. and {M}iambi, {E}. and {M}ora, {P}. and {F}rechault, {S}. and {R}obert, {A}. and {R}ouland {L}ef{\`e}vre, {C}orinne and {H}erv{\'e}, {V}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}here are multiple forms of interactions between termites and bacteria. {I}n addition to their gut microbiota, which has been intensively studied, termites host intracellular symbionts such as {W}olbachia. {T}hese distinct symbioses have been so far approached independently and mostly in adult termites. {W}e addressed the dynamics of {W}olbachia and the microbiota of the eggs and gut for various life stages and castes of the wood-feeding termite, {N}asutitermes arborum, using deep-sequencing of the 16{S} r{RNA} gene. {W}olbachia was dominant in eggs as expected. {U}nexpectedly, it persisted in the gut of nearly all stages and castes, indicating a wide somatic distribution in termites. {W}olbachia-related sequences clustered into few operational taxonomic units, but these were within the same genotype, acquired maternally. {W}olbachia was largely dominant in {DNA} extracts from the guts of larvae and pre-soldiers (59.1%-99.1% of reads) where gut-resident lineages were less represented and less diverse. {T}he reverse was true for the adult castes. {T}his is the first study reporting the age-dependency of the relative abundance of {W}olbachia in the termite gut and its negative correlation with the diversity of the microbiota. {T}he possible mechanisms underlying this negative interaction are discussed.},
  keywords = {termites ; {N}asutitermes ; {W}olbachia ; gut microbiota ; 16{S} r{RNA} gene ; deep-sequencing},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{FEMS} {M}icrobiology {L}etters},
  volume = {365},
  numero = {7},
  pages = {fny046 [9 p.]},
  ISSN = {0378-1097},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1093/femsle/fny046},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010073714},
}