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Different Bacterial and Viral Pathogens Trigger Distinct Immune Responses in a Globally Invasive Ant by Lester, Philip J. ;Buick, Kaitlin H. ;Baty, James W. ;Felden, Antoine ;Haywood, John is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Different Bacterial and Viral Pathogens Trigger Distinct Immune Responses in a Globally Invasive Ant about?
Invasive species populations periodically collapse from high to low abundance, sometimes even to extinction. Pathogens and the burden they place on invader immune systems have been hypothesised as a mechanism for these collapses. We examined the association of the bacterial pathogen (Pseudomonas spp.) and the viral community with immune gene expression in the globally invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile (Mayr)). RNA-seq analysis found evidence for 17 different viruses in Argentine ants from New Zealand, including three bacteriophages with one (Pseudomonas phage PS-1) likely to be attacking the bacterial host. Pathogen loads and prevalence varied immensely. Transcriptomic data showed that immune gene expression was consistent with respect to the viral classification of negative-sense, positive-sense and double-stranded RNA viruses. Genes that were the most strongly associated with the positive-sense RNA viruses such as the Linepithema humile virus 1 (LHUV-1) and the Deformed wing virus (DWV) were peptide recognition proteins assigned to the Toll and Imd pathways. We then used principal components analysis and regression modelling to determine how RT-qPCR derived immune gene e
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- Author
- Lester, Philip J. ;Buick, Kaitlin H. ;Baty, James W. ;Felden, Antoine ;Haywood, John
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC; London: Nature Publishing Group; [London]: Springer Nature; Nature Publishing Group; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc.; Research Square; Springer Nature; Island Press (ISSN 2045-2322)
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)