Distinct Patterns of Co-Evolution Among Protist Symbionts of Neoisoptera Termites

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RIV/60460709:41340/25:103285

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<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/8/537/pdf?version=1753930577" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/8/537/pdf?version=1753930577</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d17080537" target="_blank" >10.3390/d17080537</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Distinct Patterns of Co-Evolution Among Protist Symbionts of Neoisoptera Termites

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Obligate symbionts often exhibit some degree of co-speciation with their hosts. One prominent example is the symbiosis between termites and their wood-feeding hindgut protists. This symbiosis is mutually obligate, vertically inherited by anal feeding, and it predates the emergence of termites from their cockroach ancestors. Termites and their symbiotic protists might therefore be expected to have congruent phylogenies, but symbiont loss, transfer, and independent diversification can impact the coevolutionary history to varying degrees. Here, we have characterized the symbiotic protist communities of eight Neoisoptera species from three families in order to gauge the phylogenetic congruence between each lineage of protists and their hosts. Using microscopy and 18S rRNA gene sequencing of individually isolated protist cells, we identified protists belonging to the Parabasalia genera Pseudotrichonympha, Holomastigotoides, Cononympha, and Cthulhu. Pseudotrichonympha were present in all of the investigated termites, with a strong pattern of codiversification with hosts, consistent with previous studies. The phylogeny of Holomastigotoides indicates several instances of diversification that occurred independently of the hosts' diversification, along with lineage-specific symbiont loss. Cononympha occurs only in Heterotermitidae and Psammotermes. Surprisingly, the small flagellate Cthulhu is widespread and exhibits cophylogeny with its hosts. This study demonstrates that different symbiont lineages can show different coevolutionary patterns, even within the same host.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Distinct Patterns of Co-Evolution Among Protist Symbionts of Neoisoptera Termites

Popis výsledku anglicky

Obligate symbionts often exhibit some degree of co-speciation with their hosts. One prominent example is the symbiosis between termites and their wood-feeding hindgut protists. This symbiosis is mutually obligate, vertically inherited by anal feeding, and it predates the emergence of termites from their cockroach ancestors. Termites and their symbiotic protists might therefore be expected to have congruent phylogenies, but symbiont loss, transfer, and independent diversification can impact the coevolutionary history to varying degrees. Here, we have characterized the symbiotic protist communities of eight Neoisoptera species from three families in order to gauge the phylogenetic congruence between each lineage of protists and their hosts. Using microscopy and 18S rRNA gene sequencing of individually isolated protist cells, we identified protists belonging to the Parabasalia genera Pseudotrichonympha, Holomastigotoides, Cononympha, and Cthulhu. Pseudotrichonympha were present in all of the investigated termites, with a strong pattern of codiversification with hosts, consistent with previous studies. The phylogeny of Holomastigotoides indicates several instances of diversification that occurred independently of the hosts' diversification, along with lineage-specific symbiont loss. Cononympha occurs only in Heterotermitidae and Psammotermes. Surprisingly, the small flagellate Cthulhu is widespread and exhibits cophylogeny with its hosts. This study demonstrates that different symbiont lineages can show different coevolutionary patterns, even within the same host.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10616 - Entomology

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Diversity

ISSN

1424-2818

e-ISSN

1424-2818

Svazek periodika

17

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

8

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

537

Kód UT WoS článku

001558467700001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105014512238