ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

SysEB Section Symposium: Bacterial Symbionts Mediating Arthropod Evolutionary Ecology: From Local Interactions to Global Diversity

Tuesday, November 13, 2012: 8:15 AM-12:00 PM
200 A, Floor Two (Knoxville Convention Center)
Organizers:
Jennifer A. White
Raul F. Medina
Mariana Mateos


8:15 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:20 AM
0808
Vertical transmission of the bacterial symbionts conferring ecologically important traits to pea aphids
Ryuichi Koga, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology ; Xian-Ying Meng, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology ; Tsutomu Tsuchida, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology ; Takema Fukatsu, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
8:40 AM
0809
Variation in the bacterial gut communities of ants across diets and geographic locations
Jacob A. Russell, Drexel University ; Yi Hu, Drexel University ; Piotr Lukasik, Drexel University ; Corrie S. Moreau, Field Museum of Natural History
9:00 AM
0810
Tracking dynamic Rickettsia-whitefly interactions: how a rapidly spreading symbiont influences host biology and plant-insect interactions
Anna G. Himler, University of Arizona ; Suzanne E. Kelly, University of Arizona ; Jacqueline E. Bergen, University of Arizona ; Bree A. Rodriguez, University of Arizona ; Ling Zhong, University of Arizona ; David N. Byrne, University of Arizona ; Martha S. Hunter, University of Arizona
9:20 AM
Break
9:40 AM
0811
Differential presence of bacteria in insects associated with two plant species
Raul F. Medina, Texas A&M University ; Aaron M. Dickey, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Punya Nachappa, Texas A&M University ; Cecilia Tamborindeguy, Texas A&M University
10:00 AM
0812
Distribution of Spiroplasma-mediated protection against parasitoids in Drosophila
Mariana Mateos, Texas A&M University
10:20 AM
0813
Factors influencing the maintenance of a defensive symbiosis in aphids
Kerry M. Oliver, University of Georgia
10:40 AM
Break
10:55 AM
0814
Geographic variation in symbiotic bacteria associated with the cotton fleahopper
Josephine Antwi, Texas A&M University ; Mariana Mateos, Texas A&M University ; Greg Sword, Texas A&M University ; Raul F. Medina, Texas A&M University
11:15 AM
0815
Evolutionary and ecological consequences of a rapid endosymbiont spread
Tamara Haselkorn, University of Rochester ; Tom Brekke, University of Rochester ; Robert Unckless, University of Rochester ; Lisa Boelio, University of Rochester ; Finn Hamilton, University of Victoria ; Sarah Cockburn, University of Victoria ; Steve Perlman, University of Victoria ; John Jaenike, University of Rochester
11:35 AM
0816
Global variation and local host plant associations of bacterial symbionts of an invasive aphid
Jennifer A. White, University of Kentucky ; Cristina M. Brady, University of Kentucky
11:55 AM
Concluding Remarks
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