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Table 2 Endosymbiont PCR screening and DNA sequencing of Culicoides collected at natural habitats and livestock premises in Spain. Tests results are segregated horizontally by group of Culicoides spp. and NUTS2 regions

From: First detection of Wolbachia-infected Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Europe: Wolbachia and Cardinium infection across Culicoides communities revealed in Spain

Group

NUTS2

Wolbachia

Cardinium

Year collection

Livestock premise

Natural habitat

Livestock premise

Natural habitat

W+

W-

W+

W-

C+

C-

C+

C-

2009

2010

2011

2012

IMI

 

1

115

5

135

0

108

0

140

    

Andalucía

1 (1_Seq)

47

5 (4_Seq)

95

0

48

0

100

+

 

+

 

Castilla Mancha

0

50

0

40

0

50

0

40

+

+

  

Catalunya

0

18

0

10

+

   

OBS

 

0

162

2

301

1

151

1

300

    

Andalucía

0

50

0

80

0

50

0

80

 

+

+

 

Asturias

0

10

2 (2_Seq)

101

0

10

1 (1_Seq)

100

+

+

  

Castilla Mancha

0

70

0

70

 

+

  

Catalunya

0

102

0

50

1 (1_Seq)

91

0

50

+

 

+

+

PUL

 

0

5

56

248

0

3

0

300

    

Andalucía

47 (8_Seq)

54

0

100

+

   

Asturias

2 (1_Seq)

98

0

100

+

+

  

Castilla Mancha

7 (5_Seq)

44

0

50

 

+

+

 

Catalunya

0

5

0

52

0

3

0

50

+

 

+

 

Other

 

3

39

0

8

9

31

1

5

    

Andalucía

0

2

0

2

+

   

Asturias

0

3

0

2

+

+

  

Castilla Mancha

0

3

1

1

+

+

  

Catalunya

3 (2_Seq)

39

9 (6_Seq)

31

+

+

  

Total

 

4

321

63

692

10

293

2

745

    
  1. Abbreviations: W+ no. of Wolbachia-positive (PCR) tests; W- no. of Wolbachia-negative (PCR) tests; C+ no. of Cardinium-positive (PCR) tests; C- no. of Cardinium-negative (PCR) tests. The number of Culicoides for which endosymbiont DNA sequences were obtained are shown in parentheses. Definition of species groups: IMI, C. imicola; OBS, C. obsoletus (s.l.); PUL, C. pulicaris (s.l.); Other; other Culicoides spp