Session: TMP's, SysEB Section: Endosymbionts and Gut Flora/Fauna (2014 ESA Annual Meeting)

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TMP's, SysEB Section: Endosymbionts and Gut Flora/Fauna

Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

A103-104 (Oregon Convention Center)

Moderator:

Julie Urban

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:02 AM

1334

Exploring the functional ecology of pea aphid symbiont strain diversity

Andrew H. Smith, Drexel University ; Jacob Russell, Drexel University ; Kerry M. Oliver, University of Georgia

8:14 AM

1335

Low symbiont diversity and Buchnera abundance in natural populations of Toxoptera citricida by metagenomic analysis

Aline Guidolin, University of São Paulo ; Fernando L Cônsoli, University of Sao Paulo

8:26 AM

1336

Strain-level diversity of parasitoid-protective endosymbionts of aphids: Looking for correlations between phenotypes and genotypes

Piotr Lukasik, Oxford University ; Stephanie Weldon, University of Georgia ; Julia Ferrari, Oxford University ; Charles Godfray, Oxford University ; Kerry M. Oliver, University of Georgia ; Jacob Russell, Drexel University

8:38 AM

1337

What deep sequencing reveals about bacterial and fungal symbionts of the planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoriodea)

Julie Urban, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences ; Jason Cryan, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences ; Charles Bartlett, University of Delaware

8:50 AM

Break

9:05 AM

1338

Molecular characterization and ecological survey of Wolbachia in Florida Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) populations

Mark Hoffmann, University of Florida ; Monique Coy, University of Florida ; Calum W Russell, University of Florida ; Kirsten S Pelz-Stelinski, University of Florida

9:17 AM

1339

Withdrawn

9:29 AM

1340

Distribution and potential impact of Wolbachia in Solenopsis - Pseudacteon host-parasitoid system

Clara Malouines, University of Texas ; Robert Plowes, University of Texas ; Nathan Jones, University of Texas

9:41 AM

1341

The role of host genetics on the maternal transmission of Wolbachia bacteria in the wasp, Urolepis rufipes (Pteromalidae)

Kevin Floate, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada ; Paul Coghlin, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

9:53 AM