PAPER: A metatranscriptomic analysis of wasps

A metatranscriptomic analysis of diseased social wasps (Vespula vulgaris) for pathogens, with an experimental infection of larvae and nests

December 2018

Quinn O, Gruber MAM, Brown RL, Baty JW, Bulgarella M, Lester PJ 2018. A metatranscriptomic analysis of diseased social wasps (Vespula vulgaris) for pathogens, with an experimental infection of larvae and nests. PLOS ONE 13(12): e0209589.

ABSTRACT

Social wasps are a major pest in many countries around the world. Pathogens may influence wasp populations and could provide an option for population management via biological control. We investigated the pathology of nests of apparently healthy common wasps, Vespula vulgaris, with nests apparently suffering disease.

KEYWORDS

Animals; Gene Expression Profiling/methods; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Larva/microbiology; Metagenome; Metagenomics; Microbiota; Phylogeny; Wasps/microbiology/ultrastructure