TABLE 4.
Species found positive for infection with Spiroplasma and Spiroplasma haplotypes found
| Species group | Strains examined
|
Spiroplasma infected
|
% strains infected | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Ovaries | Whole flies | Total | Ovaries | Whole flies | Total | Spiroplasma 16S haplotype | |||
| repleta | D. aldrichi | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 haplotype_3a | |||
| repleta | D. hydei | 9 | 32 | 33 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 8 haplotype_1b; 1 haplotype_2b | |
| repleta | D. mojavensis | 7 | 114 | 121 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 haplotype_4a | |
| Total: | 166 | 18 | 11 | |||||||
a
PCR product obtained with 63F–TksspR primer pair only.
b
PCR product obtained with both 63F–TksspR and 27F–1492R primer pairs.