Tandem repeat markers as novel diagnostic tools for high resolution fingerprinting of Wolbachia

BMC Microbiology

Table 1 List of Wolbachia strains.

Strain	Supergroup	Host	Location	mod	res	Reference
w Mel	A	D. melanogaster	USA	yes	yes	[75, 76]
w MelCS	A	D. melanogaster	CantonS, USA	yes	yes	[30, 70]
w MelPop	A	D. melanogaster	laboratory strain, USA	yes	yes	[26, 27]
w Au	A	D. simulans	Coffs Harbour, Australia	no	no	[25]
w San	A	D. santomea	Sao Tome, Africa	no*	yes	[77]
w Yak	A	D. yakuba	Bom Successo, Africa	no*	yes	[77]
w Tei	A	D. teissieri	Bom Successo, Africa	no*	yes	[77]
w Wil	A	D. willistoni	Central and South America	no	n.d.	[38]
w Spt	A	D. septentriosaltans	Central and South America	n.d.	n.d.	[38]
w Pro	A	D. prosaltans	Central and South America	n.d.	n.d.	[38]
w Cer1	A	R. cerasi	Hungary	n.d.	n.d.	[46, 61]
w Cer2	A	R. cerasi	Austria	yes	yes	[46, 61]
w Cer2	A	D. simulans	microinjected	yes	yes	[62]
w Cer2	A	C. capitata	microinjected	yes	yes	[47]
w Ri	A	D. simulans	Riverside, USA	yes	yes	[16, 45]
w Ha	A	D. simulans	Hawaii, USA	yes	yes	[16, 78]
w No	B	D. simulans	Noumea	yes	yes	[79]
w Mau	B	D. simulans	microinjected	no	yes	[80]
w Bol1	B	H. bolina	French Polynesia	yes^¶	yes^¶	[81]
w Dim	C	Dirofilaria immitis	Queensland	no	no	[49]

Modification/rescue phenotypes are included except for strains for which crossing phenotypes had not been determined (n.d.). Modification corresponds to the capacity of a strain to induce cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) through sperm modification whereas rescue corresponds to the capacity to rescue CI in eggs fertilized by modified sperm [74]. The reference relates to the first description of the strain and/or the phenotype.
* wSan, wYak, wTei do not induce CI in their original hosts, yet can rescue CI induced by other strains [77], and induce CI in novel hosts upon artificial horizontal transfer through microinjection into D. simulans [23].
^¶ CI only expressed in host genotypes that are resistant to the expression of male killing induced by wBol1 [48, 81]

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