Facultatively ectoparasitic mites as vectors for entomopathogenic bacteria in Drosophila
JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY(2024)
Abstract
Opportunistic bacterial infections are common in insect populations but there is little information on how they are acquired or transmitted. We tested the hypothesis that Macrocheles mites can transmit systemic bacterial infections between Drosophila hosts. We found that 24% of mites acquired detectable levels of bacteria after feeding on infected flies and 87% of infected mites passed bacteria to naive recipient flies. The probability that a mite could pass Serratia from an infected donor fly to a naive recipient fly was 27.1%. These data demonstrate that Macrocheles mites are capable of serving as vectors of bacterial infection between insects.
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Drosophila melanogaster,Macrocheles,Bacterial infection,Serratia
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