Detection and characterization of bacterial endosymbionts in Southeast Asian tephritid fruit fly populations

BMC Microbiology

Table 2 Prevalence of reproductive symbionts in different tephritid fruit fly species

						Entomoplasmatales
Species	Country	Areas with infected populations	Samples	Wolbachia	Cardinium	Spiroplasma	Entomoplasma	Mesoplasma
B. correcta	India	Trombay	30	10^b (30%)	–	–	1 (3.3%)	–
B. dorsalis	India	Trombay, Palampur	189	25^b (13.2%)	11 (5.8%)	2 (1.1%)	16 (8.5%)	–
B. dorsalis	Bangladesh	Rajshahi, Dinajpur	189	25^b (13.2%)	11 (5.8%)	2 (1.1%)	16 (8.5%)	–
B. minax	China	–	40	–	–	–	–	–
B. nigrofemoralis	India	Palampur	5	2^a (0%)	–	–	–	–
B. scutellaris	India	Palampur	35	15 (42.9%)	–	–	5 (14.3%)	–
B. zonata	India	Trombay, Raichur, Palampur	115	14^b (12.2%)	–	–	6 (5.2%)	3 (2.6%)
B. zonata	Bangladesh	Rajshahi	115	2^a (0%)	–	–	6 (5.2%)	3 (2.6%)
D. longicornis	Bangladesh	Dhaka	21	–	–	–	–	–
Z. cucurbitae	Bangladesh	Dinajpur, Jessore, Dhaka	257	2^a (0%)	–	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.6%)	1 (0.4%)
Z. tau	India	Trombay	109	–	1 (0.9%)	–	–	1 (0.9%)
Z. tau	Bangladesh	Dinajpur	109	–	1 (0.9%)	–	–	1 (0.9%)

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