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Noman MS, Liu L, Bai Z, Li Z. Tephritidae bacterial symbionts: potentials for pest management. BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2020; 110:1-14. [PMID: 31223102 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485319000403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Tephritidae is a large family that includes several fruit and vegetable pests. These organisms usually harbor a variegated bacterial community in their digestive systems. Symbiotic associations of bacteria and fruit flies have been well-studied in the genera Anastrepha, Bactrocera, Ceratitis, and Rhagoletis. Molecular and culture-based techniques indicate that many genera of the Enterobacteriaceae family, especially the genera of Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Pectobacterium, Citrobacter, Erwinia, and Providencia constitute the most prevalent populations in the gut of fruit flies. The function of symbiotic bacteria provides a promising strategy for the biological control of insect pests. Gut bacteria can be used for controlling fruit fly through many ways, including attracting as odors, enhancing the success of sterile insect technique, declining the pesticide resistance, mass rearing of parasitoids and so on. New technology and recent research improved our knowledge of the gut bacteria diversity and function, which increased their potential for pest management. In this review, we discussed the diversity of bacteria in the economically important fruit fly and the use of these bacteria for controlling fruit fly populations. All the information is important for strengthening the future research of new strategies developed for insect pest control by the understanding of symbiotic relationships and multitrophic interactions between host plant and insects.
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- M S Noman
- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P.R. China
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P.R. China
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P.R. China
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- Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P.R. China
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Blow F, Gioti A, Goodhead IB, Kalyva M, Kampouraki A, Vontas J, Darby AC. Functional Genomics of a Symbiotic Community: Shared Traits in the Olive Fruit Fly Gut Microbiota. Genome Biol Evol 2020; 12:3778-3791. [PMID: 31830246 PMCID: PMC6999849 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evz258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae is a major pest of olives worldwide and houses a specialized gut microbiota dominated by the obligate symbiont "Candidatus Erwinia dacicola." Candidatus Erwinia dacicola is thought to supplement dietary nitrogen to the host, with only indirect evidence for this hypothesis so far. Here, we sought to investigate the contribution of the symbiosis to insect fitness and explore the ecology of the insect gut. For this purpose, we examined the composition of bacterial communities associated with Cretan olive fruit fly populations, and inspected several genomes and one transcriptome assembly. We identified, and reconstructed the genome of, a novel component of the gut microbiota, Tatumella sp. TA1, which is stably associated with Mediterranean olive fruit fly populations. We also reconstructed a number of pathways related to nitrogen assimilation and interactions with the host. The results show that, despite variation in taxa composition of the gut microbial community, core functions related to the symbiosis are maintained. Functional redundancy between different microbial taxa was observed for genes involved in urea hydrolysis. The latter is encoded in the obligate symbiont genome by a conserved urease operon, likely acquired by horizontal gene transfer, based on phylogenetic evidence. A potential underlying mechanism is the action of mobile elements, especially abundant in the Ca. E. dacicola genome. This finding, along with the identification, in the studied genomes, of extracellular surface structure components that may mediate interactions within the gut community, suggest that ongoing and past genetic exchanges between microbes may have shaped the symbiosis.
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- Frances Blow
- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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- Bioinformatics Facility, Perrotis College, American Farm School, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
- School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, United Kingdom
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- Bioinformatics Facility, Perrotis College, American Farm School, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Foundation for Research & Technology Hellas, Heraklion, Greece
- Pesticide Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Foundation for Research & Technology Hellas, Heraklion, Greece
- Pesticide Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Andongma AA, Wan L, Dong YC, Wang YL, He J, Niu CY. Assessment of the Bacteria community structure across life stages of the Chinese Citrus Fly, Bactrocera minax (Diptera: Tephritidae). BMC Microbiol 2019; 19:285. [PMID: 31870291 PMCID: PMC6929268 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-019-1646-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Background Symbiotic bacteria play a critical role in insect’s biology. They also offer great opportunities to improve on current pest management techniques. In order to exploit and integrate the roles played by the gut microbiota on pest management programs, a better understanding of the structural organization of the microbial community in the Chinese citrus fly Bactrocera minax is essential. Results The results revealed a total of 162 OTUs at 97% similarity interval. The dominant bacteria phyla were Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Antinobacteria and Firmicutes, with the Proteobacteria having the highest relative abundance (more than 80% in all life stages). There was also a shift in the dominant OTUs from the early developmental stages to the late developmental stages and adult stages in B. minax. These OTUs related to Klebsiella pneumoniae, Providencia rettgeri and Enterobacter aerogenes, respectively. Six bacteria OTU were shared by all the life stages. These belonged to the Enterobacteriaceae and the Enterococcaceae families. Conclusion The common bacteria groups shared by all the life stages and other fruit flies could be important targets for further research. This should aim towards realizing how these bacteria affect the biology of the fly and how their relationship could be exploited in the development of sustainable management strategies against fruit flies.
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- College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State key laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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Morimoto J, Nguyen B, Tabrizi ST, Lundbäck I, Taylor PW, Ponton F, Chapman TA. Commensal microbiota modulates larval foraging behaviour, development rate and pupal production in Bactrocera tryoni. BMC Microbiol 2019; 19:286. [PMID: 31870299 PMCID: PMC6929265 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-019-1648-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Backround Commensal microbes can promote survival and growth of developing insects, and have important fitness implications in adulthood. Insect larvae can acquire commensal microbes through two main routes: by vertical acquisition from maternal deposition of microbes on the eggshells and by horizontal acquisition from the environment where the larvae develop. To date, however, little is known about how microbes acquired through these different routes interact to shape insect development. In the present study, we investigated how vertically and horizontally acquired microbiota influence larval foraging behaviour, development time to pupation and pupal production in the Queensland fruit fly (‘Qfly’), Bactrocera tryoni. Results Both vertically and horizontally acquired microbiota were required to maximise pupal production in Qfly. Moreover, larvae exposed to both vertically and horizontally acquired microbiota pupated sooner than those exposed to no microbiota, or only to horizontally acquired microbiota. Larval foraging behaviour was also influenced by both vertically and horizontally acquired microbiota. Larvae from treatments exposed to neither vertically nor horizontally acquired microbiota spent more time overall on foraging patches than did larvae of other treatments, and most notably had greater preference for diets with extreme protein or sugar compositions. Conclusion The integrity of the microbiota early in life is important for larval foraging behaviour, development time to pupation, and pupal production in Qflies. These findings highlight the complexity of microbial relations in this species, and provide insights to the importance of exposure to microbial communities during laboratory- or mass-rearing of tephritid fruit flies.
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- Juliano Morimoto
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia. .,Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, 19031, CEP: 81531-990, Brazil.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- The Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Meneagle, NSW, 2568, Australia
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BACKGROUND The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is being applied for the management of economically important pest fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in a number of countries worldwide. The success and cost effectiveness of SIT depends upon the ability of mass-reared sterilized male insects to successfully copulate with conspecific wild fertile females when released in the field. METHODS We conducted a critical analysis of the literature about the tephritid gut microbiome including the advancement of methods for the identification and characterization of microbiota, particularly next generation sequencing, the impacts of irradiation (to induce sterility of flies) and fruit fly rearing, and the use of probiotics to manipulate the fruit fly gut microbiota. RESULTS Domestication, mass-rearing, irradiation and handling, as required in SIT, may change the structure of the fruit flies' gut microbial community compared to that of wild flies under field conditions. Gut microbiota of tephritids are important in their hosts' development, performance and physiology. Knowledge of how mass-rearing and associated changes of the microbial community impact the functional role of the bacteria and host biology is limited. Probiotics offer potential to encourage a gut microbial community that limits pathogens, and improves the quality of fruit flies. CONCLUSIONS Advances in technologies used to identify and characterize the gut microbiota will continue to expand our understanding of tephritid gut microbial diversity and community composition. Knowledge about the functions of gut microbes will increase through the use of gnotobiotic models, genome sequencing, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, metabolomics and metaproteomics. The use of probiotics, or manipulation of the gut microbiota, offers significant opportunities to enhance the production of high quality, performing fruit flies in operational SIT programs.
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Shuttleworth LA, Khan MAM, Osborne T, Collins D, Srivastava M, Reynolds OL. A walk on the wild side: gut bacteria fed to mass-reared larvae of Queensland fruit fly [Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt)] influence development. BMC Biotechnol 2019; 19:95. [PMID: 31847841 PMCID: PMC6918714 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-019-0579-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera, Tephritidae) is the most significant insect pest of Australian horticulture. Bactrocera tryoni is controlled using a range of tools including the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT). Mass-rearing and irradiation of pupae in SIT can reduce the fitness and quality of the released sterile insects. Studies have also showed reduced microbial gut diversity in domesticated versus wild tephritids. RESULTS Transmission electron microscopy confirmed the presence of the bacterial isolates in the mid-gut of mass-reared larvae, and plate counts from individual larval guts showed increased numbers of bacteria in supplemented larvae. Several developmental and fitness parameters were tested including larval development time (egg-hatch to pupation), pupal weight, emergence, flight ability, sex-ratio, and time to adult eclosion (egg-hatch to adult eclosion). Enterobacter sp. and Asaia sp. shortened larval development time, while this was delayed by Lactobacillus sp., Leuconostoc sp. and a blend of all four bacteria. The mean time from egg hatch to adult eclosion was significantly reduced by Leuconostoc sp. and the blend for males and females, indicating that the individual bacterium and consortium affect flies differently depending on the life stage (larval or pupal). There was no impact of bacterial supplemented larvae on pupal weight, emergence, flight ability, or sex ratio. CONCLUSIONS Our findings show that bacteria fed to the larval stage of B. tryoni can impart fitness advantages, but the selection of probiotic strains (individual or a consortium) is key, as each have varying effects on the host. Bacteria added to the larval diet particularly Leuconostoc sp. and the blend have the capacity to reduce costs and increase the number of flies produced in mass-rearing facilities by reducing time to adult eclosion by 1.3 and 0.8 mean days for males, and 1.2 and 0.8 mean days for females.
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- Lucas Alexander Shuttleworth
- Biosecurity and Food Safety, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, 2568 Australia
- Present address: NIAB EMR, Department of Pest and Pathogen Ecology, East Malling, Kent, ME19 6BJ UK
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- Biosecurity and Food Safety, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, 2568 Australia
- Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202 Bangladesh
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- Biosecurity and Food Safety, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, 2568 Australia
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- Biosecurity and Food Safety, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, 2568 Australia
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- Biosecurity and Food Safety, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, 2568 Australia
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- Biosecurity and Food Safety, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, 2568 Australia
- Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation (an alliance between NSW Department of Primary Industries and Charles Sturt University), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales 2650 Australia
- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002 China
- Present address: cesar Pty Ltd, Parkville, Victoria 3052 Australia
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Asimakis ED, Khan M, Stathopoulou P, Caceres C, Bourtzis K, Tsiamis G. The effect of diet and radiation on the bacterial symbiome of the melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett). BMC Biotechnol 2019; 19:88. [PMID: 31847902 PMCID: PMC6918631 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-019-0578-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background Symbiotic bacteria contribute to a multitude of important biological functions such as nutrition and reproduction and affect multiple physiological factors like fitness and longevity in their insect hosts. The melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett), is an important agricultural pest that affects a variety of cultivated plants belonging mostly to the Cucurbitaceae family. It is considered invasive and widespread in many parts of the world. Several approaches are currently being considered for the management of its populations including the environmentally friendly and effective sterile insect technique (SIT), as a component of an integrated pest management (IPM) strategy. In the present study, we examined the effect of diet and radiation on the bacterial symbiome of Z. cucurbitae flies with the use of Next Generation Sequencing technologies. Results Melon flies were reared on two diets at the larval stage, an artificial bran-based diet and on sweet gourd, which affected significantly the development of the bacterial profiles. Significant differentiation was also observed based on gender. The effect of radiation was mostly diet dependent, with irradiated melon flies reared on the bran diet exhibiting a significant reduction in species diversity and richness compared to their non-irradiated controls. Changes in the bacterial symbiome of the irradiated melon flies included a drastic reduction in the number of sequences affiliated with members of Citrobacter, Raoultella, and Enterobacteriaceae. At the same time, an increase was observed for members of Enterobacter, Providencia and Morganella. Interestingly, the irradiated male melon flies reared on sweet gourd showed a clear differentiation compared to their non-irradiated controls, namely a significant reduction in species richness and minor differences in the relative abundance for members of Enterobacter and Providencia. Conclusions The two diets in conjunction with the irradiation affected significantly the formation of the bacterial symbiome. Melon flies reared on the bran-based artificial diet displayed significant changes in the bacterial symbiome upon irradiation, in all aspects, including species richness, diversity and composition. When reared on sweet gourd, significant changes occurred to male samples due to radiation, only in terms of species richness.
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- Elias D Asimakis
- Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Patras, 2 Seferi St., 30131, Agrinio, Greece
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- Insect Biotechnology Division, Institute of Food and Radiation Biology (IFRB), Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), Ganak bari, Savar, Dhaka, 1349, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Patras, 2 Seferi St., 30131, Agrinio, Greece
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- Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Centre, P.O. Box 100, 1400, Vienna, Austria
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- Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Centre, P.O. Box 100, 1400, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Patras, 2 Seferi St., 30131, Agrinio, Greece.
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Grunseich JM, Thompson MN, Aguirre NM, Helms AM. The Role of Plant-Associated Microbes in Mediating Host-Plant Selection by Insect Herbivores. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 9:E6. [PMID: 31861487 PMCID: PMC7020435 DOI: 10.3390/plants9010006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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There is increasing evidence that plant-associated microorganisms play important roles in shaping interactions between plants and insect herbivores. Studies of both pathogenic and beneficial plant microbes have documented wide-ranging effects on herbivore behavior and performance. Some studies, for example, have reported enhanced insect-repellent traits or reduced performance of herbivores on microbe-associated plants, while others have documented increased herbivore attraction or performance. Insect herbivores frequently rely on plant cues during foraging and oviposition, suggesting that plant-associated microbes affecting these cues can indirectly influence herbivore preference. We review and synthesize recent literature to provide new insights into the ways pathogenic and beneficial plant-associated microbes alter visual, olfactory, and gustatory cues of plants that affect host-plant selection by insect herbivores. We discuss the underlying mechanisms, ecological implications, and future directions for studies of plant-microbial symbionts that indirectly influence herbivore behavior by altering plant traits.
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- John M. Grunseich
- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840, USA; (J.M.G.); (M.N.T.)
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- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840, USA; (J.M.G.); (M.N.T.)
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program, Texas A&M University; College Station, TX 77840, USA;
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- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840, USA; (J.M.G.); (M.N.T.)
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program, Texas A&M University; College Station, TX 77840, USA;
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Khan M, Seheli K, Bari MA, Sultana N, Khan SA, Sultana KF, Hossain MA. Potential of a fly gut microbiota incorporated gel-based larval diet for rearing Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel). BMC Biotechnol 2019; 19:94. [PMID: 31847853 PMCID: PMC6918544 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-019-0580-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background The Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is an important polyphagous pest of horticultural produce. The sterile insect technique (SIT) is a proven control method against many insect pests, including fruit flies, under area-wide pest management programs. High quality mass-rearing process and the cost-effective production of sterile target species are important for SIT. Irradiation is reported to cause severe damage to the symbiotic community structure in the mid gut of fruit fly species, impairing SIT success. However, studies have found that target-specific manipulation of insect gut bacteria can positively impact the overall fitness of SIT-specific insects. Results Twelve bacterial genera were isolated and identified from B. dorsalis eggs, third instars larval gut and adults gut. The bacterial genera were Acinetobacter, Alcaligenes, Citrobacter, Pseudomonas, Proteus, and Stenotrophomonas, belonging to the Enterobacteriaceae family. Larval diet enrichment with the selected bacterial isolate, Proteus sp. was found to improve adult emergence, percentage of male, and survival under stress. However, no significant changes were recorded in B. dorsalis egg hatching, pupal yield, pupal weight, duration of the larval stage, or flight ability. Conclusions These findings support the hypothesis that gut bacterial isolates can be used in conjunction with SIT. The newly developed gel-based larval diet incorporated with Proteus sp. isolates can be used for large-scale mass rearing of B. dorsalis in the SIT program.
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- Mahfuza Khan
- Insect Biotechnology Division (IBD), Institute of Food and Radiation Biology (IFRB), Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), Ganak bari, Savar, Dhaka, 1349, Bangladesh.
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- Insect Biotechnology Division (IBD), Institute of Food and Radiation Biology (IFRB), Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), Ganak bari, Savar, Dhaka, 1349, Bangladesh
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- Insect Biotechnology Division (IBD), Institute of Food and Radiation Biology (IFRB), Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), Ganak bari, Savar, Dhaka, 1349, Bangladesh
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- Insect Biotechnology Division (IBD), Institute of Food and Radiation Biology (IFRB), Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), Ganak bari, Savar, Dhaka, 1349, Bangladesh
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- Insect Biotechnology Division (IBD), Institute of Food and Radiation Biology (IFRB), Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), Ganak bari, Savar, Dhaka, 1349, Bangladesh
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- Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh
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Sacchetti P, Pastorelli R, Bigiotti G, Guidi R, Ruschioni S, Viti C, Belcari A. Olive fruit fly rearing procedures affect the vertical transmission of the bacterial symbiont Candidatus Erwinia dacicola. BMC Biotechnol 2019; 19:91. [PMID: 31847839 PMCID: PMC6918546 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-019-0582-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The symbiosis between the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, and Candidatus Erwinia dacicola has been demonstrated as essential for the fly's larval development and adult physiology. The mass rearing of the olive fruit fly has been hindered by several issues, including problems which could be related to the lack of the symbiont, presumably due to preservatives and antibiotics currently used during rearing under laboratory conditions. To better understand the mechanisms underlying symbiont removal or loss during the rearing of lab colonies of the olive fruit fly, we performed experiments that focused on bacterial transfer from wild female flies to their eggs. In this research, eggs laid by wild females were treated with propionic acid solution, which is often used as an antifungal agent, a mixture of sodium hypochlorite and Triton X, or water (as a control). The presence of the bacterial symbiont on eggs was evaluated by real-time PCR and scanning electron microscopy. RESULTS DGGE analysis showed a clear band with the same migration behavior present in all DGGE profiles but with a decreasing intensity. Molecular analyses performed by real-time PCR showed a significant reduction in Ca. E. dacicola abundance in eggs treated with propionic acid solution or a mixture of sodium hypochlorite and Triton X compared to those treated with water. In addition, the removal of bacteria from the surfaces of treated eggs was highlighted by scanning electron microscopy. CONCLUSIONS The results clearly indicate how the first phases of the colony-establishment process are important in maintaining the symbiont load in laboratory populations and suggest that the use of products with antimicrobial activity should be avoided. The results also suggest that alternative rearing procedures for the olive fruit fly should be investigated.
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- Patrizia Sacchetti
- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, via Maragliano 77, 50144 Florence, Italy
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- Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria (CREA-AA), via di Lanciola, 12/A, 50125 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, via Maragliano 77, 50144 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, via Maragliano 77, 50144 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 10, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, via Maragliano 77, 50144 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, via Maragliano 77, 50144 Florence, Italy
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Bigiotti G, Pastorelli R, Guidi R, Belcari A, Sacchetti P. Horizontal transfer and finalization of a reliable detection method for the olive fruit fly endosymbiont, Candidatus Erwinia dacicola. BMC Biotechnol 2019; 19:93. [PMID: 31847845 PMCID: PMC6918556 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-019-0583-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The olive fly, Bactrocera oleae, is the most important insect pest in olive production, causing economic damage to olive crops worldwide. In addition to extensive research on B. oleae control methods, scientists have devoted much effort in the last century to understanding olive fly endosymbiosis with a bacterium eventually identified as Candidatus Erwinia dacicola. This bacterium plays a relevant role in olive fly fitness. It is vertically transmitted, and it benefits both larvae and adults in wild populations; however, the endosymbiont is not present in lab colonies, probably due to the antibiotics and preservatives required for the preparation of artificial diets. Endosymbiont transfer from wild B. oleae populations to laboratory-reared ones allows olive fly mass-rearing, thus producing more competitive flies for future Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) applications. RESULTS We tested the hypothesis that Ca. E. dacicola might be transmitted from wild, naturally symbiotic adults to laboratory-reared flies. Several trials have been performed with different contamination sources of Ca. E. dacicola, such as ripe olives and gelled water contaminated by wild flies, wax domes containing eggs laid by wild females, cages dirtied by faeces dropped by wild flies and matings between lab and wild adults. PCR-DGGE, performed with the primer set 63F-GC/518R, demonstrated that the transfer of the endosymbiont from wild flies to lab-reared ones occurred only in the case of cohabitation. CONCLUSIONS Cohabitation of symbiotic wild flies and non-symbiotic lab flies allows the transfer of Ca. E. dacicola through adults. Moreover, PCR-DGGE performed with the primer set 63F-GC/518R was shown to be a consistent method for screening Ca. E. dacicola, also showing the potential to distinguish between the two haplotypes (htA and htB). This study represents the first successful attempt at horizontal transfer of Ca. E. dacicola and the first step in acquiring a better understanding of the endosymbiont physiology and its relationship with the olive fly. Our research also represents a starting point for the development of a laboratory symbiotic olive fly colony, improving perspectives for future applications of the Sterile Insect Technique.
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- Gaia Bigiotti
- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, via Maragliano 77, 50144 Florence, Italy
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- Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria (CREA-AA), via di Lanciola, 12/A, 50125 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, via Maragliano 77, 50144 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, via Maragliano 77, 50144 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, via Maragliano 77, 50144 Florence, Italy
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Ankrah NYD, Wilkes RA, Zhang FQ, Aristilde L, Douglas AE. The Metabolome of Associations between Xylem-Feeding Insects and their Bacterial Symbionts. J Chem Ecol 2019; 46:735-744. [DOI: 10.1007/s10886-019-01136-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Revised: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Zaada DSY, Ben-Yosef M, Yuval B, Jurkevitch E. The host fruit amplifies mutualistic interaction between Ceratitis capitata larvae and associated bacteria. BMC Biotechnol 2019; 19:92. [PMID: 31847844 PMCID: PMC6918632 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-019-0581-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background The Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata is a major pest in horticulture. The development of fly larvae is mediated by bacterial decay in the fruit tissue. Despite the importance of bacteria on larval development, very little is known about the interaction between bacteria and larvae in their true ecological context. Understanding their relationship and inter-dependence in the host fruit is important for the development of new pest control interfaces to deal with this pest. Results We find no negative effects on egg hatch or larval development brought about by the bacterial isolates tested. The various symbionts inhabiting the fly’s digestive system differ in their degree of contribution to the development of fly larvae depending on the given host and their sensitivity to induced inhibition caused by female produced antimicrobial peptides. These differences were observed not only at the genus or species level but also between isolates of the same species. We demonstrate how the microbiota from the mother’s gut supports the development of larvae in the fruit host and show that larvae play a major role in spreading the bacterial contagion in the infected fruit itself. In addition, we present (for the first time) evidence for horizontal transfer of bacteria between larvae of different maternal origin that develop together in the same fruit. Conclusions Larvae play a major role in the spread and shaping of the microbial population in the fruit. The transfer of bacteria between different individuals developing in the same fruit suggests that the infested fruit serves as a microbial hub for the amplification and spread of bacterial strains between individuals.
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- Doron Shalom Yishai Zaada
- Departments of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, POB 12, 76100, Rehovot, Israel.
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- Departments of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, POB 12, 76100, Rehovot, Israel
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- Departments of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, POB 12, 76100, Rehovot, Israel
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- Departments of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, POB 12, 76100, Rehovot, Israel
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De Cock M, Virgilio M, Vandamme P, Augustinos A, Bourtzis K, Willems A, De Meyer M. Impact of Sample Preservation and Manipulation on Insect Gut Microbiome Profiling. A Test Case With Fruit Flies (Diptera, Tephritidae). Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2833. [PMID: 31921020 PMCID: PMC6923184 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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High-throughput sequencing (HTS) techniques are of great value for the investigation of microbial communities, and have been extensively used to study the gut microbiome. While most studies focus on the human gut, many others have investigated insects. However, because of the rapid spread of HTS techniques, a lot of variation exists in the protocols for sample preparation. In the present study, we investigated the impact of two widely adopted sample-processing procedures preceding library preparation, i.e., preservation of insect tissue in 70% ethanol (EtOH) and sample dissection. We used the fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) as a model organism and set up two experiments, one comparing the effects of sample manipulation and preservation across life stages and the other across fruit samples from different sources. The results of this study showed no major effects of dissection on the outcome of HTS. However, EtOH preservation did have effects on the recovered gut microbiome, the main effect being a significant reduction of the dominant genus, Providencia, in EtOH-preserved samples. Less abundant bacterial groups were also affected resulting in altered microbial profiles obtained from samples preserved in 70% EtOH. These results have important implications for the planning of future studies and when comparing studies that used different sample preparation protocols.
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- Maarten De Cock
- Department of Biology and Joint Experimental Molecular Unit, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biology and Joint Experimental Molecular Unit, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Industrial and Forage Crops, Hellenic Agricultural Organization – Demeter, Patras, Greece
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- Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biology and Joint Experimental Molecular Unit, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
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Majumder R, Sutcliffe B, Taylor PW, Chapman TA. Next-Generation Sequencing reveals relationship between the larval microbiome and food substrate in the polyphagous Queensland fruit fly. Sci Rep 2019; 9:14292. [PMID: 31575966 PMCID: PMC6773747 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50602-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Insects typically host substantial microbial communities (the ‘microbiome’) that can serve as a vital source of nutrients and also acts as a modulator of immune function. While recent studies have shown that diet is an important influence on the gut microbiome, very little is known about the dynamics underpinning microbial acquisition from natural food sources. Here, we addressed this gap by comparing the microbiome of larvae of the polyphagous fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni (‘Queensland fruit fly’) that were collected from five different fruit types (sapodilla [from two different localities], hog plum, pomegranate, green apple, and quince) from North-east to South-east Australia. Using Next-Generation Sequencing on the Illumina MiSeq platform, we addressed two questions: (1) what bacterial communities are available to B. tryoni larvae from different host fruit; and (2) how does the microbiome vary between B. tryoni larvae and its host fruit? The abundant bacterial taxa were similar for B. tryoni larvae from different fruit despite significant differences in the overall microbial community compositions. Our study suggests that the bacterial community structure of B. tryoni larvae is related less to the host fruit (diet) microbiome and more to vertical transfer of the microbiome during egg laying. Our findings also suggest that geographic location may play a quite limited role in structuring of larval microbiomes. This is the first study to use Next-Generation Sequencing to analyze the microbiome of B. tryoni larvae together with the host fruit, an approach that has enabled greatly increased resolution of relationships between the insect’s microbiome and that of the surrounding host tissues.
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- Rajib Majumder
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia. .,Biosecurity and Food Safety, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute (EMAI), Menangle, NSW, 2567, Australia.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, 2109, Australia.,Biosecurity and Food Safety, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute (EMAI), Menangle, NSW, 2567, Australia
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Nobre T. Symbiosis in Sustainable Agriculture: Can Olive Fruit Fly Bacterial Microbiome Be Useful in Pest Management? Microorganisms 2019; 7:E238. [PMID: 31382604 PMCID: PMC6723466 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms7080238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The applied importance of symbiosis has been gaining recognition. The relevance of symbiosis has been increasing in agriculture, in developing sustainable practices, including pest management. Insect symbiotic microorganisms' taxonomical and functional diversity is high, and so is the potential of manipulation of these microbial partners in suppressing pest populations. These strategies, which rely on functional organisms inhabiting the insect, are intrinsically less susceptible to external environmental variations and hence likely to overcome some of the challenges posed by climate change. Rates of climate change in the Mediterranean Basin are expected to exceed global trends for most variables, and this warming will also affect olive production and impact the interactions of olives and their main pest, the obligate olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae). This work summarizes the current knowledge on olive fly symbiotic bacteria towards the potential development of symbiosis-based strategies for olive fruit fly control. Particular emphasis is given to Candidatus Erwinia dacicola, an obligate, vertically transmitted endosymbiont that allows the insect to cope with the olive-plant produced defensive compound oleuropein, as a most promising target for a symbiosis disruption approach.
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- Tânia Nobre
- Laboratory of Entomology, Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, University of Évora, Apartado 94, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal.
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Jose PA, Ben-Yosef M, Jurkevitch E, Yuval B. Symbiotic bacteria affect oviposition behavior in the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 117:103917. [PMID: 31381903 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2019.103917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Microbial associations are widespread across the insects. In the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae), vertically transmitted gut symbionts contribute to larval development inside the olive host, and to adult nutrition. Nevertheless, their effect on behavioural decisions of adults is unknown. In this study, we show that symbiotic bacteria affect oviposition behaviour in B. oleae. We studied the effect of different fruits as hosts and different gut-bacteria as gut-symbionts on oviposition attempts and fly development in B. oleae. Untreated flies that had native gut-symbionts attempted oviposition significantly more times than axenic flies as well as flies treated with medfly-associated Pantoea or Klebsiella bacteria. Axenic flies provided with a diet containing the homogenized gut of symbiotic flies recovered the same number of oviposition attempts as their symbiotic counterparts. As for as the different hosts, green olives (unripe) and grapes were preferred while black olives (ripe) elicited the least number of oviposition attempts, with an interactive effect of host and bacterial treatments. It appears that both the host attributes and the native gut-symbionts drive oviposition preference towards green olives in B. oleae. Moreover, both bacterial treatments and hosts significantly affected the development of B. oleae larvae. Though grapes elicited as many oviposition attempts as green olives, they yielded no pupae. Taken together, our results suggest that the intimate association between B. oleae and their gut-microbes, extends beyond nutritional support to behaviour.
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- Polpass Arul Jose
- Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. POB 12, Rehovot 7610001, Israel; Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. POB 12, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
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- Department of Entomology, Agricultural Research Organization, Gilat Center, M. P. Negev 85280, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. POB 12, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. POB 12, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
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Guillén L, Pascacio-Villafán C, Stoffolano JG, López-Sánchez L, Velázquez O, Rosas-Saito G, Altúzar-Molina A, Ramírez M, Aluja M. Structural Differences in the Digestive Tract Between Females and Males Could Modulate Regurgitation Behavior in Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae). JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE (ONLINE) 2019; 19:7. [PMID: 31309985 PMCID: PMC6630993 DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iez070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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With the aim of understanding the mechanisms involved in the regurgitation behavior of tephritid flies, we performed a structural study of the digestive system of the economically important fruit-fly pest, Anastrepha ludens (Loew) using optical, scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), plus a feeding assay. Most structures studied are similar to those previously reported in other adult dipterans, but, importantly, we found sexual differences in some structures that apparently affect regurgitation. We report for the first time sexual differences in the crop duct nerve and large numbers of dense core vesicles within the nerve bundle. Male nerve bundles are bigger and have more secretory vesicles than female ones. The close proximity to the muscles of both the crop lobes and duct suggest that these vesicles (i.e., possibly neurosecretions) might help modulate the muscles regulating regurgitation. The salivary glands are connected to the crop via tracheae, however, SEM/TEM studies failed to find any direct structural connection. Results of the feeding assay indicate that, independently of food type (sucrose or protein) and age, males regurgitate significantly more than females. Regurgitation behavior may also play an important role in capturing bacteria in the environment, and possibly help adults eliminate ingested toxicants such as insecticides. Our findings shed light on an interesting phenomenon that has important practical implications.
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- Larissa Guillén
- Red de Manejo Biorracional de Plagas y Vectores, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. – INECOL, Clúster Científico y Tecnológico BioMimic®, Carretera antigua a Coatepec, El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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- Red de Manejo Biorracional de Plagas y Vectores, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. – INECOL, Clúster Científico y Tecnológico BioMimic®, Carretera antigua a Coatepec, El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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- Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
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- Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. – INECOL, Clúster Científico y Tecnológico BioMimic®, Carretera antigua a Coatepec, El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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- Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. – INECOL, Clúster Científico y Tecnológico BioMimic®, Carretera antigua a Coatepec, El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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- Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. – INECOL, Clúster Científico y Tecnológico BioMimic®, Carretera antigua a Coatepec, El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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- Red de Manejo Biorracional de Plagas y Vectores, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. – INECOL, Clúster Científico y Tecnológico BioMimic®, Carretera antigua a Coatepec, El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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- Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. – INECOL, Clúster Científico y Tecnológico BioMimic®, Carretera antigua a Coatepec, El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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- Red de Manejo Biorracional de Plagas y Vectores, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. – INECOL, Clúster Científico y Tecnológico BioMimic®, Carretera antigua a Coatepec, El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
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Akami M, Njintang NY, Gbaye OA, Andongma AA, Rashid MA, Niu CY, Nukenine EN. Gut bacteria of the cowpea beetle mediate its resistance to dichlorvos and susceptibility to Lippia adoensis essential oil. Sci Rep 2019; 9:6435. [PMID: 31015559 PMCID: PMC6478711 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-42843-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Bacteria inhabiting the gut of insects provide many benefits to their hosts, such as aiding in food digestion, reproduction, and immunity, tissue homeostasis, adaptation to environment and resistance to pathogen and pesticides. The cowpea beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus, is a serious cosmopolitan pest of pulses. This beetle has lent itself as a guinea pig for several ecological studies. It harbors a consortium of bacterial communities in its gut, but the evidence for their role in its physiology is fragmentary. In this work, we hypothesized that gut microbiota mediates C. maculatus resistance to dichlorvos (DDVP or O,O-dimethyl O-2,2-dichlorovinylphosphate) and represent the target of Lippia adoensis (Gambian Tea Bush) essential oil (EO). Symbiotic and aposymbiotic beetles were exposed to artificial cowpea seeds earlier treated with DDVP or EO. Adult mortality and changes in gut bacterial community composition and abundance were examined at F1 and F5 generations. The susceptibility of experimental beetles to DDVP was significantly affected by their symbiotic status. The adult mortality decreased across generations in DDVP treatments, and remained significantly higher in aposymbiotic groups. In EO treatments, the mortality was consistent irrespective of symbiotic status and experimental generations. When compared to DDVP and the Control, EO treatments had significantly lower bacterial richness and diversity, as well as lower abundance of Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, and Bacteroidetes. These results support our hypothesis and describe the responses of gut microbial communities to pesticide treatments. This could be of interest for developing new management strategies of this pest.
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- Mazarin Akami
- College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Ngaoundere, P.O Box 454, Ngaoundere, Cameroon.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Ngaoundere, P.O Box 454, Ngaoundere, Cameroon
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- Department of Biology, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 704, Akure, Nigeria
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- College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Ngaoundere, P.O Box 454, Ngaoundere, Cameroon
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Mason CJ, Jones AG, Felton GW. Co-option of microbial associates by insects and their impact on plant-folivore interactions. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2019; 42:1078-1086. [PMID: 30151965 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2018] [Revised: 08/16/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Plants possess a suite of traits that make them challenging to consume by insect herbivores. Plant tissues are recalcitrant, have low levels of protein, and may be well defended by chemicals. Insects use diverse strategies for overcoming these barriers, including co-opting metabolic activities from microbial associates. In this review, we discuss the co-option of bacteria and fungi in the herbivore gut. We particularly focus upon chewing, folivorous insects (Coleoptera and Lepidoptera) and discuss the impacts of microbial co-option on herbivore performance and plant responses. We suggest that there are two components to microbial co-option: fixed and plastic relationships. Fixed relationships are involved in integral dietary functions and can be performed by microbial enzymes co-opted into the genome or by stably transferred associates. In contrast, the majority of gut symbionts appear to be looser and perform more facultative, context-dependent functions. This more plastic, variable co-option of bacteria likely produces a greater number of insect phenotypes, which interact differently with plant hosts. By altering plant detection of herbivory or mediating insect interactions with plant defensive compounds, microbes can effectively improve herbivore performance in real time within and between generations.
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- Charles J Mason
- Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
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Akami M, Andongma AA, Zhengzhong C, Nan J, Khaeso K, Jurkevitch E, Niu CY, Yuval B. Intestinal bacteria modulate the foraging behavior of the oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae). PLoS One 2019; 14:e0210109. [PMID: 30650116 PMCID: PMC6334898 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 12/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The gut microbiome of insects directly or indirectly affects the metabolism, immune status, sensory perception and feeding behavior of its host. Here, we examine the hypothesis that in the oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis, Diptera: Tephritidae), the presence or absence of gut symbionts affects foraging behavior and nutrient ingestion. We offered protein-starved flies, symbiotic or aposymbiotic, a choice between diets containing all amino acids or only the non-essential ones. The different diets were presented in a foraging arena as drops that varied in their size and density, creating an imbalanced foraging environment. Suppressing the microbiome resulted in significant changes of the foraging behavior of both male and female flies. Aposymbiotic flies responded faster to the diets offered in experimental arenas, spent more time feeding, ingested more drops of food, and were constrained to feed on time-consuming patches (containing small drops of food), when these offered the full complement of amino acids. We discuss these results in the context of previous studies on the effect of the gut microbiome on host behavior, and suggest that these be extended to the life history dimension.
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- Mazarin Akami
- Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Ngaoundere, Ngaoundere, Cameroon
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Diseases, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- * E-mail: (BY); (CYN)
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- Department of Entomology, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
- * E-mail: (BY); (CYN)
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Zhou F, Wu X, Xu L, Guo S, Chen G, Zhang X. Repressed Beauveria bassiana infections in Delia antiqua due to associated microbiota. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2019; 75:170-179. [PMID: 29797399 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Revised: 04/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Insects form both mutualistic and antagonistic relationships with microbes, and some antagonistic microbes have been used as biocontrol agents (BCAs) in pest management. Contextually, BCAs may be inhibited by beneficial insect symbionts, which can become potential barriers to entomopathogen-dependent pest biocontrol. Using the symbioses formed by one devastating dipteran pest, Delia antiqua, and its associated microbes as a model system, we sought to determine whether the antagonistic interaction between BCAs and microbial symbionts could affect the outcome of entomopathogen-dependent pest biocontrol. RESULTS The result showed that in contrast to non-axenic D. antiqua larvae, i.e., onion maggots, axenic larvae lost resistance to the entomopathogenic Beauveria bassiana, and the re-inoculation of microbiota increased the resistance of axenic larvae to B. bassiana. Furthermore, bacteria frequently isolated from larvae, including Citrobacter freundii, Enterobacter ludwigii, Pseudomonas protegens, Serratia plymuthica, Sphingobacterium faecium and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, suppressed B. bassiana conidia germination and hyphal growth, and the re-inoculation of specific individual bacteria enhanced the resistance of axenic larvae to B. bassiana. CONCLUSION Bacteria associated with larvae, including C. freundii, E. ludwigii, P. protegens, S. plymuthica, S. faecium and S. maltophilia, can inhibit B. bassiana infection. Removing the microbiota can suppress larval resistance to fungal infection. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Fangyuan Zhou
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Ecology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Ecology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, China
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio-Resources, College of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Ecology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Ecology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Ecology Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, China
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Andongma AA, Wan L, Dong XP, Akami M, He J, Clarke AR, Niu CY. The impact of nutritional quality and gut bacteria on the fitness of Bactrocera minax (Diptera: Tephritidae). ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2018; 5:180237. [PMID: 30109079 PMCID: PMC6083673 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.180237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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To examine how nutritional quality and resident gut bacteria interplay in improving the fitness of an oligophagous fruit fly, Bactrocera minax, artificial sucrose diets and full diets (sucrose, tryptone and yeast extract) were fed to flies with and without antibiotic supplementation. Furthermore, Klebsiella oxytoca and Citrobacter freundii were supplemented to sucrose-only diets. Flies were maintained in the laboratory and the fitness parameters, male and female longevity, number of copulations and female fecundity, were recorded. Full diet without bacterial depletion significantly increased fecundity and copulation. In the absence of gut bacteria, flies fed with full diets had significantly decreased mean fecundity and copulation rate. Flies that were fed with sucrose diet had a very low copulation rate and produced no eggs. Diet type and the presence of bacteria did not have any effect on the average longevity of male and female flies. Bacterial supplementation in sucrose diets did not improve any of the measured parameters. The results demonstrate that gut bacteria interact with diet to influence mating and reproduction in B. minax. Symbiotic bacteria significantly and positively impact reproduction in B. minax; however, their impact can only be fully realized when the flies are fed with a nutritionally complete diet.
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- Awawing A. Andongma
- College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhuodaoquanbei Road 6, Wuhan, 430079, People's Republic of China
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- College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- School of Earth, Environmental, and Biological Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 4001 Queensland, Australia
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- College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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Deutscher AT, Burke CM, Darling AE, Riegler M, Reynolds OL, Chapman TA. Near full-length 16S rRNA gene next-generation sequencing revealed Asaia as a common midgut bacterium of wild and domesticated Queensland fruit fly larvae. MICROBIOME 2018; 6:85. [PMID: 29729663 PMCID: PMC5935925 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-018-0463-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Gut microbiota affects tephritid (Diptera: Tephritidae) fruit fly development, physiology, behavior, and thus the quality of flies mass-reared for the sterile insect technique (SIT), a target-specific, sustainable, environmentally benign form of pest management. The Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Tephritidae), is a significant horticultural pest in Australia and can be managed with SIT. Little is known about the impacts that laboratory-adaptation (domestication) and mass-rearing have on the tephritid larval gut microbiome. Read lengths of previous fruit fly next-generation sequencing (NGS) studies have limited the resolution of microbiome studies, and the diversity within populations is often overlooked. In this study, we used a new near full-length (> 1300 nt) 16S rRNA gene amplicon NGS approach to characterize gut bacterial communities of individual B. tryoni larvae from two field populations (developing in peaches) and three domesticated populations (mass- or laboratory-reared on artificial diets). RESULTS Near full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences were obtained for 56 B. tryoni larvae. OTU clustering at 99% similarity revealed that gut bacterial diversity was low and significantly lower in domesticated larvae. Bacteria commonly associated with fruit (Acetobacteraceae, Enterobacteriaceae, and Leuconostocaceae) were detected in wild larvae, but were largely absent from domesticated larvae. However, Asaia, an acetic acid bacterium not frequently detected within adult tephritid species, was detected in larvae of both wild and domesticated populations (55 out of 56 larval gut samples). Larvae from the same single peach shared a similar gut bacterial profile, whereas larvae from different peaches collected from the same tree had different gut bacterial profiles. Clustering of the Asaia near full-length sequences at 100% similarity showed that the wild flies from different locations had different Asaia strains. CONCLUSIONS Variation in the gut bacterial communities of B. tryoni larvae depends on diet, domestication, and horizontal acquisition. Bacterial variation in wild larvae suggests that more than one bacterial species can perform the same functional role; however, Asaia could be an important gut bacterium in larvae and warrants further study. A greater understanding of the functions of the bacteria detected in larvae could lead to increased fly quality and performance as part of the SIT.
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- Ania T. Deutscher
- Present Address: Biosecurity and Food Safety, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, NSW Australia
- Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation (an alliance between NSW Department of Primary Industries and Charles Sturt University), Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, NSW Australia
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW Australia
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- The ithree institute, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW Australia
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- Present Address: Biosecurity and Food Safety, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, NSW Australia
- Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation (an alliance between NSW Department of Primary Industries and Charles Sturt University), Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, NSW Australia
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- Present Address: Biosecurity and Food Safety, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, NSW Australia
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Gressel J. Microbiome facilitated pest resistance: potential problems and uses. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2018; 74:511-515. [PMID: 29072801 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Revised: 10/19/2017] [Accepted: 10/22/2017] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Microbiome organisms can degrade environmental xenobiotics including pesticides, conferring resistance to most types of pests. Some cases of pesticide resistance in insects, nematodes and weeds are now documented to be due to microbiome detoxification, and is a demonstrated possibility with rodents. Some cases of metabolic resistance may have been misattributed to pest metabolism, and not to organisms in the microbiome, because few researchers use axenic pests in studying pesticide metabolism. Instances of microbiomes evolving pesticide resistance contributing to resistance of their hosts may become more common due the erratic nature of climate change, as microbiome populations typically increase and evolve faster in stressful conditions. Conversely, microbiome organisms can be engineered to provide crops and beneficial insects with needed resistance to herbicides and insecticides, respectively, but there has not been sufficient efficacy to achieve commercial products useful at the field level, even with genetically engineered microbiome organisms. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Jonathan Gressel
- Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Medjkouh L, Tamendjari A, Alves RC, Laribi R, Oliveira MBPP. Phenolic profiles of eight olive cultivars from Algeria: effect of Bactrocera oleae attack. Food Funct 2018; 9:890-897. [PMID: 29299572 DOI: 10.1039/c7fo01654a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Olive fly (Bactrocera oleae R.) is the most harmful pest of olive trees (O. europaea) affecting their fruit development and oil production. Olive fruits have characteristic phenolic compounds, important for plant defense against pathogens and insects, and with many biological activities, they contribute to the high value of this crop. In this study, olives from 8 cultivars (Abani, Aellah, Blanquette de Guelma, Chemlal, Ferkani, Limli, Rougette de Mitidja and Souidi) with different degrees of fly infestation (0%, not attacked; 100%, all attacked; and real attack %) and different maturation indices were sampled and analysed. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of phenolic profiles were performed by colorimetric methodologies and RP-HPLC-DAD. Verbascoside, tyrosol and hydroxytyrosol were the compounds that were most adversely affected by B. oleae infestation. Principal component analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis highlighted different groups, showing different behaviours of olive cultivars to the attack. The results show that phenolic compounds displayed sharp qualitative and quantitative differences among the cultivars. The fly attack was significantly correlated with the weight of the fruits, but not with the phenolic compounds.
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- Lynda Medjkouh
- Laboratoire de Biochimie Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université de Bejaia, 06000, Algeria
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Effect of gut bacteria on fitness of the Chinese citrus fly, Bactrocera minax (Diptera: Tephritidae). Symbiosis 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s13199-018-0537-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Itoh H, Tago K, Hayatsu M, Kikuchi Y. Detoxifying symbiosis: microbe-mediated detoxification of phytotoxins and pesticides in insects. Nat Prod Rep 2018; 35:434-454. [DOI: 10.1039/c7np00051k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Symbiotic microorganisms degrade natural and artificial toxic compounds, and confer toxin resistance on insect hosts.
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- Hideomi Itoh
- Bioproduction Research Institute
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Hokkaido
- Sapporo 062-8517
- Japan
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- Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences
- National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
- Tsukuba 305-8604
- Japan
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- Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences
- National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
- Tsukuba 305-8604
- Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Hokkaido
- Sapporo 062-8517
- Japan
- Graduate School of Agriculture
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Zhao Y, Wang W, Zhu F, Wang X, Wang X, Lei C. The gut microbiota in larvae of the housefly Musca domestica and their horizontal transfer through feeding. AMB Express 2017; 7:147. [PMID: 28697583 PMCID: PMC5503848 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-017-0445-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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House fly larvae provide a prolific and sustainable source of proteins used in poultry and fish feed. Wheat bran is a superior diet for house fly larvae and has been widely investigated to exploit its potential in the food and feed area. Using Illumina MiSeq 16S rDNA sequencing, this study investigated the gut microbiota of house fly larvae feeding on wheat bran and the bacterial community in the wheat bran. The bacterial communities in the house fly larvae were dominated by the phyla Proteobacteria and Firmicutes. Enterobacteriaceae and Providencia were the predominant bacteria at the family and genus levels, respectively. Some bacteria in the phyla Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes may be transferred from the gut of house flies to the wheat bran during feeding and may be involved in degrading and utilizing polysaccharides in the cell wall of wheat bran. The significance of the gut microbiota of house fly larvae, their transferring and roles in degradation of wheat bran is discussed. These findings regarding the gut microbiota of house fly larvae will provide opportunities for research on the impact of microbial communities on poultry and fish.
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Enterococci Mediate the Oviposition Preference of Drosophila melanogaster through Sucrose Catabolism. Sci Rep 2017; 7:13420. [PMID: 29044155 PMCID: PMC5647369 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13705-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Sucrose, one of the main products of photosynthesis in plants, functions as a universal biomarker for nutritional content and maturity of different fruits across diverse ecological niches. Drosophila melanogaster congregates to lay eggs in rotting fruits, yet the factors that influence these decisions remains uncovered. Here, we report that lactic acid bacteria Enterococci are critical modulators to attract Drosophila to lay eggs on decaying food. Drosophila-associated Enterococci predominantly catabolize sucrose for growing their population in fly food, and thus generate a unique ecological niche with depleted sucrose, but enriched bacteria. Female flies navigate these favorable oviposition sites by probing the sucrose cue with their gustatory sensory neurons. Acquirement of indigenous microbiota facilitated the development and systemic growth of Drosophila, thereby benefiting the survival and fitness of their offspring. Thus, our finding highlights the pivotal roles of commensal bacteria in influencing host behavior, opening the door to a better understanding of the ecological relationships between the microbial and metazoan worlds.
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Zhukova M, Sapountzis P, Schiøtt M, Boomsma JJ. Diversity and Transmission of Gut Bacteria in Atta and Acromyrmex Leaf-Cutting Ants during Development. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1942. [PMID: 29067008 PMCID: PMC5641371 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The social Hymenoptera have distinct larval and adult stages separated by metamorphosis, which implies striking remodeling of external and internal body structures during the pupal stage. This imposes challenges to gut symbionts as existing cultures are lost and may or may not need to be replaced. To elucidate the extent to which metamorphosis interrupts associations between bacteria and hosts, we analyzed changes in gut microbiota during development and traced the transmission routes of dominant symbionts from the egg to adult stage in the leaf-cutting ants Acromyrmex echinatior and Atta cephalotes, which are both important functional herbivores in the New World tropics. Bacterial density remained similar across the developmental stages of Acromyrmex, but Atta brood had very low bacterial prevalences suggesting that bacterial gut symbionts are not actively maintained. We found that Wolbachia was the absolute dominant bacterial species across developmental stages in Acromyrmex and we confirmed that Atta lacks Wolbachia also in the immature stages, and had mostly Mollicutes bacteria in the adult worker guts. Wolbachia in Acromyrmex appeared to be transovarially transmitted similar to transmission in solitary insects. In contrast, Mollicutes were socially transmitted from old workers to newly emerged callows. We found that larval and pupal guts of both ant species contained Pseudomonas and Enterobacter bacteria that are also found in fungus gardens, but hardly or not in adult workers, suggesting they are beneficial only for larval growth and development. Our results reveal that transmission pathways for bacterial symbionts may be very different both between developmental stages and between sister genera and that identifying the mechanisms of bacterial acquisition and loss will be important to clarify their putative mutualistic functions.
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- Mariya Zhukova
- Centre for Social Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre for Social Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre for Social Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre for Social Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Assessing the effects of gut bacteria manipulation on the development of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera; Tephritidae). Symbiosis 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s13199-017-0493-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Transcriptomic responses of the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae and its symbiont Candidatus Erwinia dacicola to olive feeding. Sci Rep 2017; 7:42633. [PMID: 28225009 PMCID: PMC5320501 DOI: 10.1038/srep42633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, is the most destructive pest of olive orchards worldwide. The monophagous larva has the unique capability of feeding on olive mesocarp, coping with high levels of phenolic compounds and utilizing non-hydrolyzed proteins present, particularly in the unripe, green olives. On the molecular level, the interaction between B. oleae and olives has not been investigated as yet. Nevertheless, it has been associated with the gut obligate symbiotic bacterium Candidatus Erwinia dacicola. Here, we used a B.oleae microarray to analyze the gene expression of larvae during their development in artificial diet, unripe (green) and ripe (black) olives. The expression profiles of Ca. E. dacicola were analyzed in parallel, using the Illumina platform. Several genes were found overexpressed in the olive fly larvae when feeding in green olives. Among these, a number of genes encoding detoxification and digestive enzymes, indicating a potential association with the ability of B. oleae to cope with green olives. In addition, a number of biological processes seem to be activated in Ca. E. dacicola during the development of larvae in olives, with the most notable being the activation of amino-acid metabolism.
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Cheng D, Guo Z, Riegler M, Xi Z, Liang G, Xu Y. Gut symbiont enhances insecticide resistance in a significant pest, the oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel). MICROBIOME 2017; 5:13. [PMID: 28143582 PMCID: PMC5286733 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-017-0236-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Symbiotic bacteria affect insect physiology and ecology. They may also mediate insecticide resistance within their hosts and thereby impact pest and vector control practices. Here, we document a novel mechanism of insecticide resistance in which a gut symbiont of the tephritid pest fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis enhances resistance to the organophosphate insecticide trichlorphon. RESULTS We demonstrated that the gut symbiont Citrobacter sp. (CF-BD) plays a key role in the degradation of trichlorphon. Based on a comparative genomics analysis with other Citrobacter species, phosphatase hydrolase genes were identified in CF-BD. These CF-BD genes had higher expression when trichlorphon was present. Bactrocera dorsalis inoculated with isolated CF-BD obtained higher trichlorphon resistance, while antibiotic-treated flies were less resistant confirming the key role of CF-BD in insecticide resistance. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that symbiont-mediated insecticide resistance can readily develop in B. dorsalis and may represent a more widely relevant insecticide resistance mechanism than previously recognized.
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- Daifeng Cheng
- Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia
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- Sun Yat-sen University-Michigan State University Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Diseases, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
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van den Bosch TJM, Welte CU. Detoxifying symbionts in agriculturally important pest insects. Microb Biotechnol 2016; 10:531-540. [PMID: 27943632 PMCID: PMC5404199 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Revised: 11/07/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Pest insects lead to excessive agricultural and therefore economical losses on crops worldwide. These insects have to withstand toxic molecules that are inherent to plant defences, as well as those that are produced and introduced by humans in the form of insecticides. In recent years, research on insect–microbe symbioses has recognized that microbial symbionts may play a role protecting against these toxins, leading to a form of defensive symbiosis between the pest insect and different types of microorganisms that we term detoxifying symbioses. In this minireview, we will highlight well‐characterized and emerging insect model systems of detoxifying symbioses and assess how the microorganisms influence the host's success.
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- Tijs J M van den Bosch
- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525, AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525, AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Nestel D, Papadopoulos NT, Pascacio-Villafán C, Righini N, Altuzar-Molina AR, Aluja M. Resource allocation and compensation during development in holometabolous insects. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 95:78-88. [PMID: 27650504 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2016.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Revised: 09/15/2016] [Accepted: 09/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We provide an extensive review on current knowledge and future research paths on the topic of resource allocation and compensation during development in holometabolous insects, emphasizing the role of resource management during development, and how compensatory mechanisms may be acting to remediate nutritional deficiencies carried over from earlier stages of development. We first review resource allocation in "open" and "closed" developmental stages and then move on to the topic of modelling resource allocation and its trade-offs. In doing so, we review novel methodological developments such as response-surface methods and mixture experiments as well as nutritional geometry. We also dwell on the fascinating topic of compensatory physiology and behavior. We finish by discussing future research paths, among them the emerging field of nutrigenomics and gut microbiome, which will shed light into the yet poorly understood role of the symbiotic microbiota in nutrient compensation or assimilation.
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- David Nestel
- Institute of Plant Protection, Dept. of Entomology, ARO, The Volcani Ctr., Beit Dagan 50250, Israel.
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- Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Dept. of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, N. Ionia, Volos, Greece
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- Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Clúster Científico y Tecnológico BioMimic®, Red de Manejo Biorracional de Plagas y Vectores, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Clúster Científico y Tecnológico BioMimic®, Red de Manejo Biorracional de Plagas y Vectores, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Clúster Científico y Tecnológico BioMimic®, Red de Manejo Biorracional de Plagas y Vectores, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Clúster Científico y Tecnológico BioMimic®, Red de Manejo Biorracional de Plagas y Vectores, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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Draft Genome Sequence of the Bactrocera oleae Symbiont "Candidatus Erwinia dacicola". GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2016; 4:4/5/e00896-16. [PMID: 27634990 PMCID: PMC5026430 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00896-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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“Candidatus Erwinia dacicola” is a Gammaproteobacterium that forms a symbiotic association with the agricultural pest Bactrocera oleae. Here, we present a 2.1-Mb draft hybrid genome assembly for “Ca. Erwinia dacicola” generated from single-cell and metagenomic data.
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Pascacio-Villafán C, Williams T, Birke A, Aluja M. Nutritional and non-nutritional food components modulate phenotypic variation but not physiological trade-offs in an insect. Sci Rep 2016; 6:29413. [PMID: 27406923 PMCID: PMC4996112 DOI: 10.1038/srep29413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 06/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Our understanding of how food modulates animal phenotypes and mediate trade-offs between life-history traits has benefited greatly from the study of combinations of nutritional and non-nutritional food components, such as plant secondary metabolites. We used a fruit fly pest, Anastrepha ludens, to examine phenotypic variation across larval, pupal and adult stages as a function of larval food with varying nutrient balance and content of chlorogenic acid, a secondary metabolite. Larval insects that fed on carbohydrate-biased diets relative to protein exhibited longer larval and pupal developmental periods, were often heavier as pupae and resisted desiccation and starvation for longer periods in the adult stage than insects fed on highly protein-biased diets. Except for a potential conflict between pupal development time and adult desiccation and starvation resistance, we did not detect physiological trade-offs mediated by the nutritional balance in larval food. Chlorogenic acid affected A. ludens development in a concentration and nutrient-dependent manner. Nutrients and host plant secondary metabolites in the larval diet induced changes in A. ludens phenotype and could influence fruit fly ecological interactions. We provide a unique experimental and modelling approach useful in generating predictive models of life history traits in a variety of organisms.
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- Carlos Pascacio-Villafán
- Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red de Manejo Biorracional de Plagas y Vectores, Xalapa 91070, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red de Manejo Biorracional de Plagas y Vectores, Xalapa 91070, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red de Manejo Biorracional de Plagas y Vectores, Xalapa 91070, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red de Manejo Biorracional de Plagas y Vectores, Xalapa 91070, Veracruz, Mexico
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Ben-Yosef M, Pasternak Z, Jurkevitch E, Yuval B. Symbiotic bacteria enable olive fly larvae to overcome host defences. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2015; 2:150170. [PMID: 26587275 PMCID: PMC4632588 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.150170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2015] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Ripe fruit offer readily available nutrients for many animals, including fruit fly larvae (Diptera: Tephritidae) and their associated rot-inducing bacteria. Yet, during most of their ontogeny, fruit remain chemically defended and effectively suppress herbivores and pathogens by high levels of secondary metabolites. Olive flies (Bactrocera oleae) are uniquely able to develop in unripe olives. Unlike other frugivorous tephritids, the larvae maintain bacteria confined within their midgut caeca. We examined the interaction between larvae, their associated bacteria, and fruit chemical defence, hypothesizing that bacterial contribution to larval development is contingent on the phenology of fruit defensive chemistry. We demonstrate that larvae require their natural complement of bacteria (Candidatus Erwinia dacicola: Enterobacteriaceae) in order to develop in unripe olives. Conversely, when feeding on ripe fruit, larval development proceeds independently of these bacteria. Our experiments suggest that bacteria counteract the inhibitory effect of oleuropein-the principal phenolic glycoside in unripe olives. In light of these results, we suggest that the unique symbiosis in olive flies, compared with other frugivorous tephritids, is understood by considering the relationship between the fly, bacteria and fruit chemistry. When applied in an evolutionary context, this approach may also point out the forces which shaped symbioses across the Tephritidae.
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- Michael Ben-Yosef
- Department of Entomology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Entomology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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