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. 2013 Aug;79(16):5013–5022. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01527-13

Table 2.

Diagnostic PCR detection of bacterial endosymbionts from the Macrosteles leafhoppers

Species Locality Sample No. of infected insects/total no. of insects examined (% detection rate)
Ca. Sulcia muelleri” Ca. Nasuia deltocephalinicola” Wolbachia Rickettsia Novel Rickettsiaceae bacteriuma Diplorickettsia Burkholderia Phytoplasma
Macrosteles striifrons Mito, Ibaraki, Japanb Adult female 15/15 (100) 15/15 (100) 0/15 (0.0) 15/15 (100) 11/15 (73.3) 0/15 (0.0) 0/15 (0.0) 0/15 (0.0)
Adult male 6/6 (100) 6/6 (100) 0/6 (0.0) 6/6 (100) 5/6 (83.3) 0/6 (0.0) 0/6 (0.0) 0/6 (0.0)
Gifu, Gifu, Japanc Adult female 14/14 (100) 14/14 (100) 3/14 (21.4) 0/14 (0.0) 0/14 (0.0) 0/14 (0.0) 3/14 (21.4) 0/14 (0.0)
Adult male 4/4 (100) 4/4 (100) 1/4 (25.0) 0/4 (0.0) 0/4 (0.0) 0/4 (0.0) 0/4 (0.0) 1/4 (25.0)
Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japanc Adult female 17/17 (100) 17/17 (100) 0/17 (0.0) 0/17 (0.0) 0/17 (0.0) 0/17 (0.0) 5/17 (29.4) 5/17 (29.4)
Adult male 8/8 (100) 8/8 (100) 0/8 (0.0) 0/8 (0.0) 0/8 (0.0) 0/8 (0.0) 0/8 (0.0) 5/8 (62.5)
Osaka, Osaka, Japanc Adult female 1/1 (100) 1/1 (100) 0/1 (0.0) 0/1 (0.0) 0/1 (0.0) 0/1 (0.0) 0/1 (0.0) 0/1 (0.0)
Adult male 3/3 (100) 3/3 (100) 1/3 (33.3) 0/3 (0.0) 0/3 (0.0) 0/3 (0.0) 0/3 (0.0) 0/3 (0.0)
Total 68/68 (100) 68/68 (100) 5/68 (7.4) 21/68 (30.9) 16/68 (23.5) 0/68 (0.0) 8/68 (11.8) 11/68 (16.2)
Macrosteles sexnotatus Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japanc Adult female 4/4 (100) 4/4 (100) 1/4 (25.0) 0/4 (0.0) 0/4 (0.0) 1/4 (25.0) 0/4 (0.0) 3/4 (75.0)
Adult male 1/1 (100) 1/1 (100) 0/1 (0.0) 0/1 (0.0) 0/1 (0.0) 0/1 (0.0) 0/1 (0.0) 0/1 (0.0)
Total 5/5 (100) 5/5 (100) 1/5 (20.0) 0/5 (0.0) 0/5 (0.0) 1/5 (20.0) 0/5 (0) 3/5 (60.0)
Grand total 73/73 (100) 73/73 (100) 6/73 (8.2) 21/73 (28.8) 16/73 (21.9) 1/73 (1.4) 8/73 (11.0) 14/73 (19.2)
a

Novel Rickettsiaceae endosymbiont.

b

Laboratory-maintained insect strain.

c

Field-collected insect samples.