The Moran Laboratory: Research

Moran Laboratory: Research

MORAN LABORATORY APHID CLONES

All A. pisum clones are available to send out if indicated in the third column below; this includes all featured in publications that are still being maintained as live cultures. Every colony descends from one female in the lab; colonies are kept on Vicia faba seedlings at constant 20oC under long day conditions (16L:8D). To prevent contamination, several safeguards are included in the protocol for colony maintenance, and samples of each colony are checked every spring using AFLP markers that distinguish clones (see Oliver et al. 2003).

For more information or to request insects, please contact Nancy Moran by email: nmoran@email.arizona.edu.

Publications mentioned here (linked to PubMed abstracts):

Sandström, J. P., J. A. Russell, J. P. White, and N. A. Moran. 2001. Independent origins and horizontal transfer of bacterial symbionts of aphids. Molecular Ecology 10: 217-228

Oliver, K., J. Russell, N. Moran, and M. Hunter. 2003. Facultative bacterial symbionts in aphids confer resistance to parasitic wasps. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 100:1803-1807

Moran, N. A., J. A. Russell, R. Koga, and T. Fukatsu. 2005. Evolutionary relationships of three new species of Enterobacteriaceae living as symbionts of aphids and other insects. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71(6): 3302-10

Oliver, K. M., N. A. Moran, and M. S. Hunter. 2005. Variation in resistance to parasitism in aphids is due to symbionts and not host genotype. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 102(36): 12795-800

Russell, J. A. and N. A. Moran. 2005. Horizontal transfer of bacterial symbionts: heritability and fitness effects in a novel aphid host. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71(12): 7987-94

Russell, J. A. and N. A. Moran. 2006. Costs and benefits of symbiont infection in aphids: variation among symbionts and across temperatures. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273(1586): 603-610

Dunbar, H.E., Wilson, A.C., Ferguson, N.R., Moran, N.A. 2007. Aphid thermal tolerance is governed by a point mutation in bacterial symbionts. PLoS Biology 5(5): e96

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last updated: 11/26/07 by NM

Species Clone Name Available to Send Out Color Collected/ Estab. Month Coll. Day Collected/ Estab. Year Collection Loc. Collector Collection Host plant Collected with Secondary Symbionts Short ibpA Promoter (Dunbar et al 2006) Derived from Clone Current Secondary Symbionts Inoculation or Cure Ability to Make Sexuals Wingedness of Males Wing Genotype Color Genotype (R=red, dominant) Other Culture Conditions Publications (first author, journal, year) Misc. Clone Name Species
A. pisum 2a y green May 2000 Tompkins Co., NY Jacob Russell alfalfa R. insecticola long R. insecticola   yes both w/wl rr   Sandstrom MolEcol 2001; Moran AEM 2007   2a A. pisum
A. pisum 7a y pink May   2000 Cayuga Co., NY Jacob Russell Medicago sativa none short   none   yes   Sandstrom MolEcol 2001 7a A. pisum
A. pisum 8-2b y pink July 2000 Cayuga Co., NY Jacob Russell Medicago sativa H. defensa long H. defensa yes wingless wl/wl Rr Oliver PNAS 2003; Russell AEM 2005   8-2b A. pisum
A. pisum 7-2-1 y green August 2001 Cayuga Co., NY Jacob Russell Medicago sativa none short none yes w/wl? rr Russell AEM 2005 7-2-1 A. pisum
A. pisum 9-2-1 y green August 2001 Cayuga Co., NY Jacob Russell Medicago sativa S. symbiotica long S. symbiotica   yes wingless wl/wl rr   Russell PRSLB 2006   9-2-1 A. pisum
A. pisum 8-10-1 y green August 2001 Cayuga Co., NY Jacob Russell Medicago sativa R. insecticola long R. insecticola   yes   Russell AEM 2005   8-10-1 A. pisum
A. pisum 2BB y green June 26 1999 Madison, WI arboretum Nancy Moran Medicago lupulina S. symbiotica long S. symbiotica   yes   Sandstrom MolEcol 2001   2BB A. pisum
A. pisum Tucson y green May 20 1999 Tucson, AZ, west University area Nancy Moran Vicia faba S. symbiotica long S. symbiotica   no   Sandstrom MolEcol 2001; Russell PRSLB 2006; Moran AEM 2007 Tucson A. pisum
A. pisum 5A y pink June 26 1999 Madison, WI arboretum Nancy Moran Medicago lupulina none short none yes winged w/w Rr Sandstrom MolEcol 2001; Dunbar PLoS Biology 2007 This mutated from an ibpA promoter with an "11" spacer to one with a "10" Details are in Dunbar et al. 2007 5A A. pisum
A. pisum 5A-T y pink July 9 2001 N/A 5A H. defensa inoculation yes winged Oliver PNAS 2003, 2005; Russell AEM 2005 inoculated by JR 5A-T A. pisum
A. pisum 5A-R y pink September 22 2000 N/A 5A S. symbiotica inoculation yes winged Russell PRSLB 2006 inoculated by JR 5A-R A. pisum
A. pisum 5A-U y pink January 19 2001 N/A 5A R. insecticola inoculation yes winged Russell AEM 2005 inoculated by JR 5A-U A. pisum
A. pisum A2C y green May 22 2003 Logan, Utah Kerry Oliver H. defensa long H. defensa yes winged w/wl rr Oliver PNAS 2003 A2C A. pisum
A. pisum Tuc7 y green 2007 Tucson, AZ, Campbell Ave farm Nancy Moran Medicago sativa long S. symbiotica   no   na   Tuc7 A. pisum
A. pisum A2A y green May 22 2003 Logan, Utah Kerry Oliver Medicago sativa long none yes Oliver PNAS 2005 A2A A. pisum
A. pisum Tucson cure n green 2006 N/A Vicia faba in lab long Tucson none cure through repeated heat treatments no Tucson cure A. pisum
A. pisum CAG27 n green March 31 2007 Walnut Creek, CA Nancy Moran Medicago lupulina ? S. symbiotica   no na   CAG27 A. pisum
A. pisum SC7 n green March 17 2007 Charleston, SC Nancy Moran Medicago lupulina ? S. symbiotica na   SC7 A. pisum
A. pisum 5A11R yellow n yellow spring 2007 N/A Helen Dunbar Vicia faba in lab This is a mutant that switched from pink to yellow color long 5AR S. symbiotica   yes   5A11R yellow A. pisum
A. pisum 5A10 yellow n yellow July 27 2007 N/A Kim Hammond Vicia faba in lab This is a mutant that switched from pink to yellow color short 5A yes 5A10 yellow A. pisum
A. pisum Ars5A11 n 2007 N/A Eva Novakova? Vicia faba in lab long 5A Arsenophonus inoculation yes Russell AEM 2005 Ars5A11 A. pisum
A. pisum 47-1/2 #18 n pink from Helen's ISTS experiment   (double secondaries)   from cross, paternal transfer         47-1/2 #18 A. pisum
A. pisum 47-1/2 #5 n pink from Helen's ISTS experiment   (double secondaries)     47-1/2 #5 A. pisum
A. pisum 47 #5 n pink from Helen's ISTS experiment   (double secondaries)     47 #5 A. pisum
A. pisum 47-1/2 #2 n green from Helen's ISTS experiment   (double secondaries)     47-1/2 #2 A. pisum
A. pisum 47 #2 n green from Helen's ISTS experiment   (double secondaries)     47 #2 A. pisum
A. nerii (MO1)   n   Tucson, AZ Nancy Moran   (milkweed)     A. nerii (MO1)
S. avenae n Tucson? Jennifer Wilcox   barley   S. avenae
S. graminum   n   alfalfa     S. graminum
A. kondoi n March 21 2007 Tucson, AZ Kim Hammond Medicago arborea (double secondaries)   alfalfa   A. kondoi
A. craccivora n Alex or Patrick?   A. craccivora