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Scott K, Konkel Z, Gluck-Thaler E, Valero David GE, Simmt CF, Grootmyers D, Chaverri P, Slot J. Endophyte genomes support greater metabolic gene cluster diversity compared with non-endophytes in Trichoderma. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0289280. [PMID: 38127903 PMCID: PMC10735191 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Trichoderma is a cosmopolitan genus with diverse lifestyles and nutritional modes, including mycotrophy, saprophytism, and endophytism. Previous research has reported greater metabolic gene repertoires in endophytic fungal species compared to closely-related non-endophytes. However, the extent of this ecological trend and its underlying mechanisms are unclear. Some endophytic fungi may also be mycotrophs and have one or more mycoparasitism mechanisms. Mycotrophic endophytes are prominent in certain genera like Trichoderma, therefore, the mechanisms that enable these fungi to colonize both living plants and fungi may be the result of expanded metabolic gene repertoires. Our objective was to determine what, if any, genomic features are overrepresented in endophytic fungi genomes in order to undercover the genomic underpinning of the fungal endophytic lifestyle. Here we compared metabolic gene cluster and mycoparasitism gene diversity across a dataset of thirty-eight Trichoderma genomes representing the full breadth of environmental Trichoderma's diverse lifestyles and nutritional modes. We generated four new Trichoderma endophyticum genomes to improve the sampling of endophytic isolates from this genus. As predicted, endophytic Trichoderma genomes contained, on average, more total biosynthetic and degradative gene clusters than non-endophytic isolates, suggesting that the ability to create/modify a diversity of metabolites potential is beneficial or necessary to the endophytic fungi. Still, once the phylogenetic signal was taken in consideration, no particular class of metabolic gene cluster was independently associated with the Trichoderma endophytic lifestyle. Several mycoparasitism genes, but no chitinase genes, were associated with endophytic Trichoderma genomes. Most genomic differences between Trichoderma lifestyles and nutritional modes are difficult to disentangle from phylogenetic divergences among species, suggesting that Trichoderma genomes maybe particularly well-equipped for lifestyle plasticity. We also consider the role of endophytism in diversifying secondary metabolism after identifying the horizontal transfer of the ergot alkaloid gene cluster to Trichoderma.
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- Kelsey Scott
- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America
- Center for Applied Plant Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States of America
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, United States of America
- School of Biology and Natural Products Research Center (CIPRONA), University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America
- Center for Psychedelic Drug Research and Education, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America
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Rogowska-van der Molen MA, Berasategui-Lopez A, Coolen S, Jansen RS, Welte CU. Microbial degradation of plant toxins. Environ Microbiol 2023; 25:2988-3010. [PMID: 37718389 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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Plants produce a variety of secondary metabolites in response to biotic and abiotic stresses. Although they have many functions, a subclass of toxic secondary metabolites mainly serve plants as deterring agents against herbivores, insects, or pathogens. Microorganisms present in divergent ecological niches, such as soil, water, or insect and rumen gut systems have been found capable of detoxifying these metabolites. As a result of detoxification, microbes gain growth nutrients and benefit their herbivory host via detoxifying symbiosis. Here, we review current knowledge on microbial degradation of toxic alkaloids, glucosinolates, terpenes, and polyphenols with an emphasis on the genes and enzymes involved in breakdown pathways. We highlight that the insect-associated microbes might find application in biotechnology and become targets for an alternative microbial pest control strategy.
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- Magda A Rogowska-van der Molen
- Department of Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment, Section Ecology and Evolution, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Heffernan D, Pilz M, Klein M, Haack M, Race AM, Brück T, Qoura F, Strittmatter N. Screening of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from liquid fungal cultures using ambient mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2023:10.1007/s00216-023-04769-6. [PMID: 37389599 PMCID: PMC10329071 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-023-04769-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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The potential of fungi for use as biotechnological factories in the production of a range of valuable metabolites, such as enzymes, terpenes, and volatile aroma compounds, is high. Unlike other microorganisms, fungi mostly secrete secondary metabolites into the culture medium, allowing for easy extraction and analysis. To date, the most commonly used technique in the analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is gas chromatography, which is time and labour consuming. We propose an alternative ambient screening method that provides rapid chemical information for characterising the VOCs of filamentous fungi in liquid culture using a commercially available ambient dielectric barrier discharge ionisation (DBDI) source connected to a quadrupole-Orbitrap mass spectrometer. The effects of method parameters on measured peak intensities of a series of 8 selected aroma standards were optimised with the best conditions being selected for sample analysis. The developed method was then deployed to the screening of VOCs from samples of 13 fungal strains in three different types of complex growth media showing clear differences in VOC profiles across the different media, enabling determination of best culturing conditions for each compound-strain combination. Our findings underline the applicability of ambient DBDI for the direct detection and comparison of aroma compounds produced by filamentous fungi in liquid culture.
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- Daniel Heffernan
- Department of Biosciences, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Garching, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Garching, Germany
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- Department of Biosciences, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Garching, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Garching, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Garching, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Garching, Germany
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- Department of Biosciences, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Garching, Germany.
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Kandasamy D, Zaman R, Nakamura Y, Zhao T, Hartmann H, Andersson MN, Hammerbacher A, Gershenzon J. Conifer-killing bark beetles locate fungal symbionts by detecting volatile fungal metabolites of host tree resin monoterpenes. PLoS Biol 2023; 21:e3001887. [PMID: 36802386 PMCID: PMC9943021 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/23/2023] Open
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Outbreaks of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) have decimated millions of hectares of conifer forests in Europe in recent years. The ability of these 4.0 to 5.5 mm long insects to kill mature trees over a short period has been sometimes ascribed to two main factors: (1) mass attacks on the host tree to overcome tree defenses and (2) the presence of fungal symbionts that support successful beetle development in the tree. While the role of pheromones in coordinating mass attacks has been well studied, the role of chemical communication in maintaining the fungal symbiosis is poorly understood. Previous evidence indicates that I. typographus can distinguish fungal symbionts of the genera Grosmannia, Endoconidiophora, and Ophiostoma by their de novo synthesized volatile compounds. Here, we hypothesize that the fungal symbionts of this bark beetle species metabolize spruce resin monoterpenes of the beetle's host tree, Norway spruce (Picea abies), and that the volatile products are used as cues by beetles for locating breeding sites with beneficial symbionts. We show that Grosmannia penicillata and other fungal symbionts alter the profile of spruce bark volatiles by converting the major monoterpenes into an attractive blend of oxygenated derivatives. Bornyl acetate was metabolized to camphor, and α- and β-pinene to trans-4-thujanol and other oxygenated products. Electrophysiological measurements showed that I. typographus possesses dedicated olfactory sensory neurons for oxygenated metabolites. Both camphor and trans-4-thujanol attracted beetles at specific doses in walking olfactometer experiments, and the presence of symbiotic fungi enhanced attraction of females to pheromones. Another co-occurring nonbeneficial fungus (Trichoderma sp.) also produced oxygenated monoterpenes, but these were not attractive to I. typographus. Finally, we show that colonization of fungal symbionts on spruce bark diet stimulated beetles to make tunnels into the diet. Collectively, our study suggests that the blends of oxygenated metabolites of conifer monoterpenes produced by fungal symbionts are used by walking bark beetles as attractive or repellent cues to locate breeding or feeding sites containing beneficial microbial symbionts. The oxygenated metabolites may aid beetles in assessing the presence of the fungus, the defense status of the host tree and the density of conspecifics at potential feeding and breeding sites.
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- Dineshkumar Kandasamy
- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany,Max Planck Center for next Generation Insect Chemical Ecology (nGICE), Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden,* E-mail: (DK); (JG)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany,Research Group Biosynthesis/NMR, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- School of Science and Technology, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Biogeochemical Processes, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
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- Max Planck Center for next Generation Insect Chemical Ecology (nGICE), Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden,Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany,* E-mail: (DK); (JG)
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Zaman R, May C, Ullah A, Erbilgin N. Bark Beetles Utilize Ophiostomatoid Fungi to Circumvent Host Tree Defenses. Metabolites 2023; 13:metabo13020239. [PMID: 36837858 PMCID: PMC9968207 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13020239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Bark beetles maintain symbiotic associations with a diversity of microbial organisms, including ophiostomatoid fungi. Studies have frequently reported the role of ophiostomatoid fungi in bark beetle biology, but how fungal symbionts interact with host chemical defenses over time is needed. We first investigated how inoculations by three fungal symbionts of mountain pine beetle affect the terpene chemistry of live lodgepole pine trees. We then conducted a complimentary laboratory experiment specifically measuring the host metabolite degradation by fungi and collected the fungal organic volatiles following inoculations with the same fungal species on lodgepole pine logs. In both experiments, we analyzed the infected tissues for their terpene chemistry. Additionally, we conducted an olfactometer assay to determine whether adult beetles respond to the volatile organic chemicals emitted from each of the three fungal species. We found that all fungi upregulated terpenes as early as two weeks after inoculations. Similarly, oxygenated monoterpene concentrations also increased by several folds (only in logs). A large majority of beetles tested showed a strong attraction to two fungal species, whereas the other fungus repelled the beetles. Together this study shows that fungal symbionts can alter host defense chemistry, assist beetles in overcoming metabolite toxicity, and provide possible chemical cues for bark beetle attraction.
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Agwunobi DO, Wang M, Wang Z, Bai R, Wang R, Hu Q, Yu Z, Liu J. The toxicity of the monoterpenes from lemongrass is mitigated by the detoxifying symbiosis of bacteria and fungi in the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2022; 247:114261. [PMID: 36332404 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.114261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Revised: 10/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The entry mode of terpenes into the atmosphere is via volatilization of hydrocarbons from foliage over heavily forested areas besides entering the environment through surface water runoff. Some monoterpenes in essential oils are phytotoxins, acting as plant chemical defenses against bacteria or fungi infections and plant-eating insects. For organisms to survive, their enzymatic systems are activated in response to an assault by potentially harmful compounds. Certain bacterial and fungal genera have developed special abilities to transform toxic terpenes into less toxic derivatives. Here, we investigated the response of the bacterial and fungal community in Haemaphysalis longicornis exposed to Cymbopogon citratus (lemongrass) essential oil (EO) and citronellal. Sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA and fungal ITS1 regions on an Illumina NovaSeq PE250 sequencing platform was performed for H. longicornis tick samples treated with 15 and 20 mg/mL of lemongrass essential oil and citronellal. The diversity recorded in samples treated with C. citratus EO was higher in comparison to those treated with citronellal but significantly lower in the control samples as reflected by the Shannon diversity index. All major H. longicornis bacterial phyla, including Proteobacteria (93.81 %), Firmicutes (2.58 %), and Bacteroidota (0.99 %) were detected. A switch of dominance from Coxiella to Pseudomonas, which has high biotransformation capacity, was observed in the bacterial community, whereas the phylum Ascomycota (Genera: Aspergillus, Archaeorhizomyces, Alternaria, and Candida) dominated in the fungal community indicating detoxifying symbiosis. Other significantly abundant bacterial genera include Ralstonia, Acinetobacter, Vibrio, and Pseudoalteromonas, while Ganoderma and Trichosporon (yeasts) spp. represented the fungi Basidiomycota. This study expanded the understanding of enzymatic modification of phytotoxic substances by microorganisms, which could provide deeper insights into the mitigation of harmful phytotoxins and the synthesis of eco-friendly derivatives for the control of ticks.
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- Desmond O Agwunobi
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050024, PR China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050024, PR China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050024, PR China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050024, PR China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050024, PR China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050024, PR China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050024, PR China.
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050024, PR China.
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Agbulu V, Zaman R, Ishangulyyeva G, Cahill JF, Erbilgin N. Host Defense Metabolites Alter the Interactions between a Bark Beetle and its Symbiotic Fungi. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2022; 84:834-843. [PMID: 34674014 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-021-01894-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Successful host plant colonization by tree-killing bark beetle-symbiotic fungal complexes depends on host suitability, which is largely determined by host defense metabolites such as monoterpenes. Studies have shown the ability of specific blends of host monoterpenes to influence bark beetles or their fungal symbionts, but how biologically relevant blends of host monoterpenes influence bark beetle-symbiotic fungal interaction is unknown. We tested how interactions between two host species (lodgepole pine or jack pine) and two fungal symbionts of mountain pine beetle (Grosmannia clavigera or Ophiostoma montium) affect the performance of adult female beetles in vitro. Beetles treated with the propagules of G. clavigera or O. montium or not treated (natural fungal load) were introduced into media amended with a blend of the entire monoterpene profile of either host species and beetle performance was compared. Overall, host blends altered beetle performance depending on the fungal species used in the beetle amendment. When beetles were amended with G. clavigera, their performance was superior over beetles amended with O. montium in either host blend. Furthermore, G. clavigera-amended beetles performed better in media amended with host blends than without a host blend; in contrast, O. montium-amended beetles performed better in media without a host blend than with a host blend. Overall, this study showed that host defense metabolites affect host suitability to bark beetles through influencing their fungal symbionts and that different species of fungal symbionts respond differentlly to host defense metabolites.
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- Vanessa Agbulu
- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
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Ma Q, Xu Y, Xiao H, Mariga AM, Chen Y, Zhang X, Wang L, Li D, Li L, Luo Z. Rethinking of botanical volatile organic compounds applied in food preservation: Challenges in acquisition, application, microbial inhibition and stimulation. Trends Food Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2022.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Barcoto MO, Rodrigues A. Lessons From Insect Fungiculture: From Microbial Ecology to Plastics Degradation. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:812143. [PMID: 35685924 PMCID: PMC9171207 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.812143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Anthropogenic activities have extensively transformed the biosphere by extracting and disposing of resources, crossing boundaries of planetary threat while causing a global crisis of waste overload. Despite fundamental differences regarding structure and recalcitrance, lignocellulose and plastic polymers share physical-chemical properties to some extent, that include carbon skeletons with similar chemical bonds, hydrophobic properties, amorphous and crystalline regions. Microbial strategies for metabolizing recalcitrant polymers have been selected and optimized through evolution, thus understanding natural processes for lignocellulose modification could aid the challenge of dealing with the recalcitrant human-made polymers spread worldwide. We propose to look for inspiration in the charismatic fungal-growing insects to understand multipartite degradation of plant polymers. Independently evolved in diverse insect lineages, fungiculture embraces passive or active fungal cultivation for food, protection, and structural purposes. We consider there is much to learn from these symbioses, in special from the community-level degradation of recalcitrant biomass and defensive metabolites. Microbial plant-degrading systems at the core of insect fungicultures could be promising candidates for degrading synthetic plastics. Here, we first compare the degradation of lignocellulose and plastic polymers, with emphasis in the overlapping microbial players and enzymatic activities between these processes. Second, we review the literature on diverse insect fungiculture systems, focusing on features that, while supporting insects' ecology and evolution, could also be applied in biotechnological processes. Third, taking lessons from these microbial communities, we suggest multidisciplinary strategies to identify microbial degraders, degrading enzymes and pathways, as well as microbial interactions and interdependencies. Spanning from multiomics to spectroscopy, microscopy, stable isotopes probing, enrichment microcosmos, and synthetic communities, these strategies would allow for a systemic understanding of the fungiculture ecology, driving to application possibilities. Detailing how the metabolic landscape is entangled to achieve ecological success could inspire sustainable efforts for mitigating the current environmental crisis.
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- Mariana O. Barcoto
- Center for the Study of Social Insects, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rio Claro, Brazil
- Department of General and Applied Biology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rio Claro, Brazil
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- Center for the Study of Social Insects, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rio Claro, Brazil
- Department of General and Applied Biology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rio Claro, Brazil
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Chiu CC, Bohlmann J. Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic: An Interplay of Terpenoids in Host Defense and Insect Pheromones. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 73:475-494. [PMID: 35130442 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-070921-103617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The mountain pine beetle epidemic has highlighted the complex interactions of bark beetles with conifer host defenses. In these interactions, oleoresin terpenoids and volatiles, produced and released by the host tree, can be both harmful and beneficial to the beetle's success in colonizing a tree and completing its life cycle. The insect spends almost its entire life, from egg to adult, within the bark and phloem of a pine host, exposed to large quantities of complex mixtures of oleoresin terpenoids. Conifer oleoresin comprises mostly monoterpenes and diterpene resin acids as well as many different sesquiterpenes. It functions as a major chemical and physical defense system. However, the insect has evolved host colonization behavior and enzymes for terpenoid metabolism and detoxification that allow it to overcome some of the terpenoid defenses and, importantly, to co-opt pine monoterpenes as cues for host search and as a precursor for its own pheromone system. The insect-associated microbiome also plays a role in the metabolism of conifer terpenoids.
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- Christine C Chiu
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;
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Syed N, Singh S, Chaturvedi S, Nannaware AD, Khare SK, Rout PK. Production of lactones for flavoring and pharmacological purposes from unsaturated lipids: an industrial perspective. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2022; 63:10047-10078. [PMID: 35531939 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2022.2068124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The enantiomeric pure and natural (+)-Lactones (C ≤ 14) with aromas obtained from fruits and milk are considered flavoring compounds. The flavoring value is related to the lactones' ring size and chain length, which blend in varying concentrations to produce different stone-fruit flavors. The nature-identical and enantiomeric pure (+)-lactones are only produced through whole-cell biotransformation of yeast. The industrially important γ-decalactone and δ-decalactone are produced by a four-step aerobic-oxidation of ricinoleic acid (RA) following the lactonization mechanism. Recently, metabolic engineering strategies have opened up new possibilities for increasing productivity. Another strategy for increasing yield is to immobilize the RA and remove lactones from the broth regularly. Besides flavor impact, γ-, δ-, ε-, ω-lactones of the carbon chain (C8-C12), the macro-lactones and their derivatives are vital in pharmaceuticals and healthcare. These analogues are isolated from natural sources or commercially produced via biotransformation and chemical synthesis processes for medicinal use or as active pharmaceutical ingredients. The various approaches to biotransformation have been discussed in this review to generate more prospects from a commercial point of view. Finally, this work will be regarded as a magical brick capable of containing both traditional and genetic engineering technology while contributing to a wide range of commercial applications.
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- Naziya Syed
- Phytochemistry Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Phytochemistry Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Enzyme and Microbial Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
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- Phytochemistry Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Gaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Enzyme and Microbial Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
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- Phytochemistry Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Gaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Dai L, Li H, Zheng J, Chen H. Transcriptome analyses of the Chinese white pine beetle-fungal symbiont Leptographium qinlingensis under terpene stress or growth on host pine sawdust. Symbiosis 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13199-021-00822-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Phylogeny of Leptographium qinlingensis cytochrome P450 genes and transcription levels of six CYPs in response to different nutrition media or terpenoids. Arch Microbiol 2021; 204:16. [DOI: 10.1007/s00203-021-02616-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Erbilgin N, Zanganeh L, Klutsch JG, Chen SH, Zhao S, Ishangulyyeva G, Burr SJ, Gaylord M, Hofstetter R, Keefover-Ring K, Raffa KF, Kolb T. Combined drought and bark beetle attacks deplete non-structural carbohydrates and promote death of mature pine trees. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2021; 44:3636-3651. [PMID: 34612515 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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How carbohydrate reserves in conifers respond to drought and bark beetle attacks are poorly understood. We investigated changes in carbohydrate reserves and carbon-dependent diterpene defences in ponderosa pine trees that were experimentally subjected to two levels of drought stress (via root trenching) and two types of biotic challenge treatments (pheromone-induced bark beetle attacks or inoculations with crushed beetles that include beetle-associated fungi) for two consecutive years. Our results showed that trenching did not influence carbohydrates, whereas both biotic challenges reduced amounts of starch and sugars of trees. However, only the combined trenched-bark beetle attacked trees depleted carbohydrates and died during the first year of attacks. While live trees contained higher carbohydrates than dying trees, amounts of constitutive and induced diterpenes produced did not vary between live and beetle-attacked dying trees, respectively. Based on these results we propose that reallocation of carbohydrates to diterpenes during the early stages of beetle attacks is limited in drought-stricken trees, and that the combination of biotic and abiotic stress leads to tree death. The process of tree death is subsequently aggravated by beetle girdling of phloem, occlusion of vascular tissue by bark beetle-vectored fungi, and potential exploitation of host carbohydrates by bark beetle symbionts as nutrients.
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- Nadir Erbilgin
- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Forestry, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Forest Health Protection, USDA Forest Service, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Forest Health Protection, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
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- School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
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- Departments of Botany and Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
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Endemic Jeffrey Pine Beetle Associates: Beetle/Mite Fungal Dissemination Strategies and Interactions That May Influence Beetle Population Levels. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9081641. [PMID: 34442720 PMCID: PMC8399797 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9081641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Fungal and mite associates may drive changes in bark beetle populations, and mechanisms constraining beetle irruptions may be hidden in endemic populations. We characterized common fungi of endemic-level Jeffrey pine beetle (JPB) in western USA and analyzed their dissemination by JPB (maxillae and fecal pellet) and fungivorous mites to identify if endogenous regulation drove the population. We hypothesized that: (1) as in near-endemic mountain pine beetle populations, JPB’s mutualistic fungus would either be less abundant in endemic than in non-endemic populations or that another fungus may be more prevalent; (2) JPB primarily transports its mutualistic fungus, while its fungivorous mites primarily transport another fungus, and (3) based on the prevalence of yeasts in bark beetle symbioses, that a mutualistic interaction with blue-stain fungi present in that system may exist. Grosmannia clavigera was the most frequent JPB symbiont; however, the new here reported antagonist, Ophiostoma minus, was second in frequency. As hypothesized, JPB mostly carried its mutualist fungus while another fungus (i.e., antagonistic) was mainly carried by mites, but no fungal transport was obligate. Furthermore, we found a novel mutualistic interaction between the yeast Kuraishia molischiana and G. clavigera which fostered a growth advantage at temperatures associated with beetle colonization.
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Tanin SM, Kandasamy D, Krokene P. Fungal Interactions and Host Tree Preferences in the Spruce Bark Beetle Ips typographus. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:695167. [PMID: 34177876 PMCID: PMC8220818 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.695167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The spruce bark beetle Ips typographus is the most damaging pest in European spruce forests and has caused great ecological and economic disturbances in recent years. Although native to Eurasia, I. typographus has been intercepted more than 200 times in North America and could establish there as an exotic pest if it can find suitable host trees. Using in vitro bioassays, we compared the preference of I. typographus for its coevolved historical host Norway spruce (Picea abies) and two non-coevolved (naïve) North American hosts: black spruce (Picea mariana) and white spruce (Picea glauca). Additionally, we tested how I. typographus responded to its own fungal associates (conspecific fungi) and to fungi vectored by the North American spruce beetle Dendroctonus rufipennis (allospecific fungi). All tested fungi were grown on both historical and naïve host bark media. In a four-choice Petri dish bioassay, I. typographus readily tunneled into bark medium from each of the three spruce species and showed no preference for the historical host over the naïve hosts. Additionally, the beetles showed a clear preference for bark media colonized by fungi and made longer tunnels in fungus-colonized media compared to fungus-free media. The preference for fungus-colonized media did not depend on whether the medium was colonized by conspecific or allospecific fungi. Furthermore, olfactometer bioassays demonstrated that beetles were strongly attracted toward volatiles emitted by both con- and allospecific fungi. Collectively, these results suggest that I. typographus could thrive in evolutionary naïve spruce hosts if it becomes established in North America. Also, I. typographus could probably form and maintain new associations with local allospecific fungi that might increase beetle fitness in naïve host trees.
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- Sifat Munim Tanin
- Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Ås, Norway
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
- Chair of Forest Entomology and Protection, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Ås, Norway
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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Schempp FM, Strobel I, Etschmann MMW, Bierwirth E, Panten J, Schewe H, Schrader J, Buchhaupt M. Identification of Fungal Limonene-3-Hydroxylase for Biotechnological Menthol Production. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:e02873-20. [PMID: 33637576 PMCID: PMC8117750 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02873-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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More than 30,000 tons of menthol are produced every year as a flavor and fragrance compound or as a medical component. So far, only extraction from plant material and chemical synthesis are possible. An alternative approach for menthol production could be a biotechnological-chemical process with ideally only two conversion steps, starting from (+)-limonene, which is a side product of the citrus processing industry. The first step requires a limonene-3-hydroxylase (L3H) activity that specifically catalyzes hydroxylation of limonene at carbon atom 3. Several protein engineering strategies have already attempted to create limonene-3-hydroxylases from bacterial cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYPs, or P450s), which can be efficiently expressed in bacterial hosts. However, their regiospecificity is rather low compared to that of the highly selective L3H enzymes from the biosynthetic pathway for menthol in Mentha species. The only naturally occurring limonene-3-hydroxylase activity identified in microorganisms so far was reported for a strain of the black yeast-like fungus Hormonema sp. in South Africa. We have discovered additional fungi that can catalyze the intended reaction and identified potential CYP-encoding genes within the genome sequence of one of the strains. Using heterologous gene expression and biotransformation experiments in yeasts, we were able to identify limonene-3-hydroxylases from Aureobasidium pullulans and Hormonema carpetanum Further characterization of the A. pullulans enzyme demonstrated its high stereospecificity and regioselectivity, its potential for limonene-based menthol production, and its additional ability to convert α- and β-pinene to verbenol and pinocarveol, respectively.IMPORTANCE (-)-Menthol is an important flavor and fragrance compound and furthermore has medicinal uses. To realize a two-step synthesis starting from renewable (+)-limonene, a regioselective limonene-3-hydroxylase enzyme is necessary. We identified enzymes from two different fungi which catalyze this hydroxylation reaction and represent an important module for the development of a biotechnological process for (-)-menthol production from renewable (+)-limonene.
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- Florence M Schempp
- DECHEMA-Forschungsinstitut, Industrial Biotechnology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Faculty Biological Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- DECHEMA-Forschungsinstitut, Industrial Biotechnology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- DECHEMA-Forschungsinstitut, Industrial Biotechnology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Faculty Biological Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Symrise AG, S&C Innovations Technology Scouting, Holzminden, Germany
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- DECHEMA-Forschungsinstitut, Industrial Biotechnology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- DECHEMA-Forschungsinstitut, Industrial Biotechnology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- DECHEMA-Forschungsinstitut, Industrial Biotechnology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Netherer S, Kandasamy D, Jirosová A, Kalinová B, Schebeck M, Schlyter F. Interactions among Norway spruce, the bark beetle Ips typographus and its fungal symbionts in times of drought. JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE 2021; 94:591-614. [PMID: 34720785 PMCID: PMC8550215 DOI: 10.1007/s10340-021-01341-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Resilience and functionality of European Norway spruce forests are increasingly threatened by mass outbreaks of the bark beetle Ips typographus promoted by heat, wind throw and drought. Here, we review current knowledge on Norway spruce and I. typographus interactions from the perspective of drought-stressed trees, host selection, colonisation behaviour of beetles, with multi-level effects of symbiotic ophiostomatoid fungi. By including chemo-ecological, molecular and behavioural perspectives, we provide a comprehensive picture on this complex, multitrophic system in the light of climate change. Trees invest carbon into specialised metabolism to produce defence compounds against biotic invaders; processes that are strongly affected by physiological stress such as drought. Spruce bark contains numerous terpenoid and phenolic substances, which are important for bark beetle aggregation and attack success. Abiotic stressors such as increased temperatures and drought affect composition, amounts and emission rates of volatile compounds. Thus, drought events may influence olfactory responses of I. typographus, and further the pheromone communication enabling mass attack. In addition, I. typographus is associated with numerous ophiostomatoid fungal symbionts with multiple effects on beetle life history. Symbiotic fungi degrade spruce toxins, help to exhaust tree defences, produce beetle semiochemicals, and possibly provide nutrition. As the various fungal associates have different temperature optima, they can influence the performance of I. typographus differently under changing environmental conditions. Finally, we discuss why effects of drought on tree-killing by bark beetles are still poorly understood and provide an outlook on future research on this eruptive species using both, field and laboratory experiments.
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- Sigrid Netherer
- Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- ETM Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, CULS, Praha-Suchdol, Czech Republic
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- ETM Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, CULS, Praha-Suchdol, Czech Republic
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- Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU, Vienna, Austria
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- ETM Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, CULS, Praha-Suchdol, Czech Republic
- Chemical Ecology Plant Protection Department, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU, Alnarp, Sweden
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Westrick NM, Smith DL, Kabbage M. Disarming the Host: Detoxification of Plant Defense Compounds During Fungal Necrotrophy. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:651716. [PMID: 33995447 PMCID: PMC8120277 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.651716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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While fungal biotrophs are dependent on successfully suppressing/subverting host defenses during their interaction with live cells, necrotrophs, due to their lifestyle are often confronted with a suite of toxic metabolites. These include an assortment of plant defense compounds (PDCs) which can demonstrate broad antifungal activity. These PDCs can be either constitutively present in plant tissue or induced in response to infection, but are nevertheless an important obstacle which needs to be overcome for successful pathogenesis. Fungal necrotrophs have developed a number of strategies to achieve this goal, from the direct detoxification of these compounds through enzymatic catalysis and modification, to the active transport of various PDCs to achieve toxin sequestration and efflux. Studies have shown across multiple pathogens that the efficient detoxification of host PDCs is both critical for successful infection and often a determinant factor in pathogen host range. Here, we provide a broad and comparative overview of the various mechanisms for PDC detoxification which have been identified in both fungal necrotrophs and fungal pathogens which depend on detoxification during a necrotrophic phase of infection. Furthermore, the effect that these mechanisms have on fungal host range, metabolism, and disease control will be discussed.
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Piñar G, Sclocchi MC, Pinzari F, Colaizzi P, Graf A, Sebastiani ML, Sterflinger K. The Microbiome of Leonardo da Vinci's Drawings: A Bio-Archive of Their History. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:593401. [PMID: 33329475 PMCID: PMC7718017 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.593401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Seven emblematic Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings were investigated through third generation sequencing technology (Nanopore). In addition, SEM analyses were carried out to acquire photographic documentation and to infer the nature of the micro-objects removed from the surface of the drawings. The Nanopore generated microbiomes can be used as a “bio-archive” of the drawings, offering a kind of fingerprint for current and future biological comparisons. This information might help to create a biological catalog of the drawings (cataloging), a microbiome-fingerprint for each single analyzed drawing, as a reference dataset for future studies (monitoring) and last but not least a bio-archive of the history of each single object (added value). Results showed a relatively high contamination with human DNA and a surprising dominance of bacteria over fungi. However, it was possible to identify typical bacteria of the human microbiome, which are mere contaminants introduced by handling of the drawings as well as other microorganisms that seem to have been introduced through vectors, such as insects and their droppings, visible through the SEM analyses. All drawings showed very specific bio-archives, but a core microbiome of bacteria and fungi that are repeatedly found in this type of material as true degraders were identified, such as members of the phyla Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Firmicutes among bacteria, and fungi belonging to the classes Sordariomycetes and Eurotiomycetes. In addition, some similarities were observed that could be influenced by their geographical location (Rome or Turin), indicating the influence of this factor and denoting the importance of environmental and storage conditions on the specific microbiomes.
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- Guadalupe Piñar
- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratorio di Biologia, Istituto Centrale per la Patologia degli Archivi e del Libro (ICPAL), Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Biological Systems (ISB), Council of National Research of Italy (CNR), Monterotondo, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Biologia, Istituto Centrale per la Patologia degli Archivi e del Libro (ICPAL), Rome, Italy
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- Applied Life Sciences/Bioengineering/Bioinformatics, FH Campus, Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratorio di Biologia, Istituto Centrale per la Patologia degli Archivi e del Libro (ICPAL), Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
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Guevara-Rozo S, Hussain A, Cale JA, Klutsch JG, Rajabzadeh R, Erbilgin N. Nitrogen and Ergosterol Concentrations Varied in Live Jack Pine Phloem Following Inoculations With Fungal Associates of Mountain Pine Beetle. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1703. [PMID: 32793164 PMCID: PMC7390957 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Bark beetles form symbiotic associations with multiple species of fungi that supplement their metabolic needs. However, the relative contributions of each symbiont to the nutrition of bark beetles have been largely unexplored. Thus, we evaluated the ability of three fungal symbionts of mountain pine beetle to concentrate nitrogen and produce ergosterol while infecting phloem of a novel host jack pine. Ergosterol was used as proxy to determine the fungal biomass (hyphal density) in the current study. We inoculated 80 trees in two forest stands with one of the three fungal species or a non-fungal (control) agar. Six weeks later, we collected phloem from the necrotic lesions induced by the fungi, uninfected tissues adjacent to lesions, and non-inoculated control trees. We found that nutritional contributions varied with fungal species. Nitrogen in lesions was higher in trees inoculated with Ophiostoma montium or control trees, relative to Grosmannia clavigera or Leptographium longiclavatum. Furthermore, concentrations of ergosterol were higher in O. montium lesions compared to other tissues or treatments. These results suggest that O. montium differs from G. clavigera and L. longiclavatum in terms of acquiring nitrogen from host tissues and producing ergosterol.
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- Sydne Guevara-Rozo
- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Wang F, Cale JA, Erbilgin N. Induced Defenses of a Novel Host Tree Affect the Growth and Interactions of Bark Beetle-Vectored Fungi. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2020; 80:181-190. [PMID: 32020257 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-020-01490-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Mountain pine beetle (MPB) has recently expanded its host range to the novel jack pine forests in Alberta. Invasion success of MPB may depend on the outcome of interactions between its symbiotic fungus Grosmannia clavigera and Ophiostoma ips, a fungal associate of a potential competitor Ips pini. However, how the quality of jack pine phloem could influence interactions between the fungi is unknown. We investigated whether introduced concentrations of host nitrogen and monoterpenes affect the growth of and interaction between the fungi. Nitrogen concentrations did not affect the growth rate of either fungus. In the absence of monoterpenes, the presence of O. ips promoted G. clavigera growth. Monoterpenes either promoted or inhibited the growth of both fungi, and altered the outcome of species interactions from facilitation to no-effect. Overall, these results suggest that jack pine phloem quality and the presence of a niche-sharing fungus could influence MPB development.
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- Fuai Wang
- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada.
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada
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Celedon JM, Bohlmann J. Oleoresin defenses in conifers: chemical diversity, terpene synthases and limitations of oleoresin defense under climate change. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 224:1444-1463. [PMID: 31179548 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Conifers have evolved complex oleoresin terpene defenses against herbivores and pathogens. In co-evolved bark beetles, conifer terpenes also serve chemo-ecological functions as pheromone precursors, chemical barcodes for host identification, or nutrients for insect-associated microbiomes. We highlight the genomic, molecular and biochemical underpinnings of the large chemical space of conifer oleoresin terpenes and volatiles. Conifer terpenes are predominantly the products of the conifer terpene synthase (TPS) gene family. Terpene diversity is increased by cytochromes P450 of the CYP720B class. Many conifer TPS are multiproduct enzymes. Multisubstrate CYP720B enzymes catalyse multistep oxidations. We summarise known terpenoid gene functions in various different conifer species with reference to the annotated terpenoid gene space in a spruce genome. Overall, biosynthesis of terpene diversity in conifers is achieved through a system of biochemical radiation and metabolic grids. Expression of TPS and CYP720B genes can be specific to individual cell types of constitutive or traumatic resin duct systems. Induced terpenoid transcriptomes in resin duct cells lead to dynamic changes of terpene composition and quantity to fend off herbivores and pathogens. While terpenoid defenses have contributed much to the evolutionary success of conifers, under new conditions of climate change, these defences may become inconsequential against range-expanding forest pests.
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- Jose M Celedon
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, 301-2185 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, 301-2185 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Whitehill JG, Bohlmann J. A molecular and genomic reference system for conifer defence against insects. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2019; 42:2844-2859. [PMID: 31042808 PMCID: PMC6852437 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/27/2019] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Insect pests are part of natural forest ecosystems contributing to forest rejuvenation but can also cause ecological disturbance and economic losses that are expected to increase with climate change. The white pine or spruce weevil (Pissodes strobi) is a pest of conifer forests in North America. Weevil-host interactions with various spruce (Picea) species have been explored as a genomic and molecular reference system for conifer defence against insects. Interactions occur in two major phases of the insect life cycle. In the exophase, adult weevils are free-moving and display behaviour of host selection for oviposition that is affected by host traits. In the endophase, insects live within the host where mobility and development from eggs to young adults are affected by a complex system of host defences. Genetic resistance exists in several spruce species and involves synergism of constitutive and induced chemical and physical defences that comprise the conifer defence syndrome. Here, we review conifer defences that disrupt the weevil life cycle and mechanisms by which trees resist weevil attack. We highlight molecular and genomic aspects and a possible role for the weevil microbiome. Knowledge of this conifer defence system is supporting forest health strategies and tree breeding for insect resistance.
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- Michael Smith LaboratoriesUniversity of British ColumbiaVancouverBCV6T 1Z4Canada
- Department of BotanyUniversity of British ColumbiaVancouverBCV6T 1Z4Canada
- Department of Forest and Conservation SciencesUniversity of British ColumbiaVancouverBCV6T 1Z4Canada
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Hammerbacher A, Coutinho TA, Gershenzon J. Roles of plant volatiles in defence against microbial pathogens and microbial exploitation of volatiles. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2019; 42:2827-2843. [PMID: 31222757 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Revised: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Plants emit a large variety of volatile organic compounds during infection by pathogenic microbes, including terpenes, aromatics, nitrogen-containing compounds, and fatty acid derivatives, as well as the volatile plant hormones, methyl jasmonate, and methyl salicylate. Given the general antimicrobial activity of plant volatiles and the timing of emission following infection, these compounds have often been assumed to function in defence against pathogens without much solid evidence. In this review, we critically evaluate current knowledge on the toxicity of volatiles to fungi, bacteria, and viruses and their role in plant resistance as well as how they act to induce systemic resistance in uninfected parts of the plant and in neighbouring plants. We also discuss how microbes can detoxify plant volatiles and exploit them as nutrients, attractants for insect vectors, and inducers of volatile emissions, which stimulate immune responses that make plants more susceptible to infection. Although much more is known about plant volatile-herbivore interactions, knowledge of volatile-microbe interactions is growing and it may eventually be possible to harness plant volatiles to reduce disease in agriculture and forestry. Future research in this field can be facilitated by making use of the analytical and molecular tools generated by the prolific research on plant-herbivore interactions.
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- Almuth Hammerbacher
- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genetics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, 07745, Germany
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Cale JA, Klutsch JG, Dykstra CB, Peters B, Erbilgin N. Pathophysiological responses of pine defensive metabolites largely lack differences between pine species but vary with eliciting ophiostomatoid fungal species. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 39:1121-1135. [PMID: 30877758 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpz012] [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: 12/03/2018] [Revised: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Phytopathogenic ophiostomatoid fungi are common associates of bark beetles and contribute to beetle-associated mortality of trees. Mountain pine beetle outbreaks in Canada are facilitating novel associations between its vectored fungi (Grosmannia clavigera, Leptographium longiclavatum and Ophiostoma montium) and jack pine. How the induced defense-related metabolite responses of jack and lodgepole pines vary in response to the fungi is unknown. Understanding this variation is important to clarifying pine susceptibility to and the physiological impacts of infection. We used a comparative metabolite profiling approach to investigate the defense-related signaling, carbon utilization/mobilization, and synthesis responses of both pines to the fungi. Both pine species largely exhibited similar metabolite responses to the fungi. The magnitude of pine metabolite responses positively reflected pathogen virulence. Our findings indicate that pines can recognize and metabolomically respond to novel pathogens, likely due to signals common between the novel fungi and fungi coevolved with the pine. Thus, jack pine is likely as susceptible as lodgepole pine to infections by each of the MPB-vectored fungi. Furthermore, the magnitude of the metabolite responses of both pines varied by the eliciting fungal species, with the most virulent pathogen causing the greatest reduction in carbohydrates and the highest accumulation of defensive terpenes.
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- Jonathan A Cale
- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 442 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 442 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 442 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 442 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 442 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Kandasamy D, Gershenzon J, Andersson MN, Hammerbacher A. Volatile organic compounds influence the interaction of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) with its fungal symbionts. THE ISME JOURNAL 2019; 13:1788-1800. [PMID: 30872804 PMCID: PMC6775991 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0390-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Revised: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Insects have mutualistic symbioses with a variety of microorganisms. However, the chemical signals that maintain these insect-microbe relationships are poorly known compared to those from insect-plant symbioses. The spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus, the most destructive forest pest in Europe, has a symbiotic relationship with several fungi that are believed to contribute to its successful invasion of Norway spruce. Here we tested the hypothesis that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from fungal symbionts could be cues for bark beetles to recognize and distinguish among members of its microbial community. Behavioral experiments with fungi showed that immature adults of I. typographus are attracted to food sources colonized by their fungal symbionts but not to saprophytic fungi and that this attraction is mediated by volatile cues. GC-MS measurements revealed that the symbionts emitted VOCs. Testing the activity of these compounds on beetle antennae using single sensillum recordings showed that beetles detect many fungal volatiles and possess olfactory sensory neurons specialized for these compounds. Finally, synthetic blends of fungal volatiles attracted beetles in olfactometer experiments. These findings indicate that volatile compounds produced by fungi may act as recognition signals for bark beetles to maintain specific microbial communities that might have impact on their fitness.
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- Dineshkumar Kandasamy
- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
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Functions of mountain pine beetle cytochromes P450 CYP6DJ1, CYP6BW1 and CYP6BW3 in the oxidation of pine monoterpenes and diterpene resin acids. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0216753. [PMID: 31071168 PMCID: PMC6508646 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The mountain pine beetle (MPB; Dendroctonus ponderosae) is a forest insect pest that attacks several different pine (Pinus) species in its native range of distribution in western North America. MPB are exposed for most of their life cycle to the chemical defenses of their hosts. These defenses are dominated by oleoresin secretions containing mostly various monoterpenes and diterpene resin acids (DRAs). Cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450s) of the MPB are thought to be involved in the metabolism of at least some of these defense compounds. Here we describe the cloning and characterization of three MPB P450s, CYP6DJ1, CYP6BW1 and CYP6BW3, and their functions in the oxidation of various monoterpenes and diterpene resin acids. CYP6DJ1 oxidizes the monoterpenes (+)-(4R)-limonene, (-)-(4S)-limonene and terpinolene and produces (4R,8R)-limonene-8,9-epoxide, (4R,8S)-limonene-8,9-epoxide, (4S,8S)-limonene-8,9-epoxide, (4S,8R)-limonene-8,9-epoxide, perilla alcohol and several unidentified oxidized compounds. These products of CYP6DJ1 were also identified in extracts of MPB treated with the same monoterpenes. CYP6BW1 and CYP6BW3 both oxidize the DRAs abietic acid, dehydroabietic acid, neoabietic acid, levopimaric acid, palustric acid, and isopimaric acid, producing hydroxylated and epoxidized DRAs. CYP6DJ1, CYP6BW1 and CYP6BW3 appear to contribute to the metabolism of oleoresin terpenes as part of the MPB's ability to cope with host defenses.
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Fungal associates of the tree-killing bark beetle, Ips typographus, vary in virulence, ability to degrade conifer phenolics and influence bark beetle tunneling behavior. FUNGAL ECOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2018.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Sales A, Moreira RC, Pastore GM, Bicas JL. Establishment of culture conditions for bio-transformation of R-(+)-limonene to limonene-1,2-diol by Colletotrichum nymphaeae CBMAI 0864. Process Biochem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2019.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chiu CC, Keeling CI, Bohlmann J. The cytochrome P450 CYP6DE1 catalyzes the conversion of α-pinene into the mountain pine beetle aggregation pheromone trans-verbenol. Sci Rep 2019; 9:1477. [PMID: 30728428 PMCID: PMC6365528 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-38047-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The recent outbreak of the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae; MPB) has affected over 20 M hectares of pine forests in western North America. During the colonization of host trees, female MPB release the aggregation pheromone (-)-trans-verbenol. (-)-trans-Verbenol is thought to be produced from the pine defense compound (-)-α-pinene by cytochrome P450 (P450) dependent hydroxylation. MPB may also use P450s for the detoxification of other monoterpenes of the pine defense system. Here we describe the functional characterization of MPB CYP6DE1. CYP6DE1, but not the closely related CYP6DE2, used the bicyclic monoterpenes (-)-α-pinene, (+)-α-pinene, (-)-β-pinene, (+)-β-pinene and (+)-3-carene as substrates. CYP6DE1 was not active with other monoterpenes or diterpene resin acids that were tested as substrates. trans-Verbenol is the major product of CYP6DE1 activity with (-)-α-pinene or (+)-α-pinene as substrates. When tested with blends of different ratios of (-)-α-pinene and (+)-α-pinene, CYP6DE1 produced trans-verbenol with an enantiomeric profile that was similar to that produced by female MPB exposed to the α-pinene enantiomers.
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- Christine C Chiu
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z4, Canada.,Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z4, Canada.,Laurentian Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, 1055 rue du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, QC, G1V 4C7, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z4, Canada. .,Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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Tolmie C, Smit MS, Opperman DJ. Native roles of Baeyer–Villiger monooxygenases in the microbial metabolism of natural compounds. Nat Prod Rep 2019; 36:326-353. [DOI: 10.1039/c8np00054a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Baeyer–Villiger monooxygenases function in the primary metabolism of atypical carbon sources, as well as the synthesis of complex microbial metabolites.
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- Carmien Tolmie
- Department of Biotechnology
- University of the Free State
- Bloemfontein
- South Africa
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- Department of Biotechnology
- University of the Free State
- Bloemfontein
- South Africa
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Cytochromes P450 Preferentially Expressed in Antennae of the Mountain Pine Beetle. J Chem Ecol 2018; 45:178-186. [DOI: 10.1007/s10886-018-0999-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Specialized plant biochemistry drives gene clustering in fungi. ISME JOURNAL 2018; 12:1694-1705. [PMID: 29463891 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0075-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Revised: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The fitness and evolution of prokaryotes and eukaryotes are affected by the organization of their genomes. In particular, the physical clustering of genes can coordinate gene expression and can prevent the breakup of co-adapted alleles. Although clustering may thus result from selection for phenotype optimization and persistence, the impact of environmental selection pressures on eukaryotic genome organization has rarely been systematically explored. Here, we investigated the organization of fungal genes involved in the degradation of phenylpropanoids, a class of plant-produced secondary metabolites that mediate many ecological interactions between plants and fungi. Using a novel gene cluster detection method, we identified 1110 gene clusters and many conserved combinations of clusters in a diverse set of fungi. We demonstrate that congruence in genome organization over small spatial scales is often associated with similarities in ecological lifestyle. Additionally, we find that while clusters are often structured as independent modules with little overlap in content, certain gene families merge multiple modules into a common network, suggesting they are important components of phenylpropanoid degradation strategies. Together, our results suggest that phenylpropanoids have repeatedly selected for gene clustering in fungi, and highlight the interplay between genome organization and ecological evolution in this ancient eukaryotic lineage.
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Monoterpene biotransformation by Colletotrichum species. Biotechnol Lett 2017; 40:561-567. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-017-2503-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Arbellay E, Daniels LD, Mansfield SD, Chang AS. Cambial injury in lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta): mountain pine beetle vs fire. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 37:1611-1621. [PMID: 29121262 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpx102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Both mountain pine beetle (MPB) Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins and fire leave scars with similar appearance on lodgepole pine Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. var. latifolia Engelm. that have never been compared microscopically, despite the pressing need to determine the respective effects of MPB and fire injury on tree physiology. We analysed changes in wood formation in naturally caused scars on lodgepole pine, and tested the hypotheses that (i) MPB and fire injury elicit distinct anomalies in lodgepole pine wood and (ii) anomalies differ in magnitude and/or duration between MPB and fire. Mountain pine beetle and fire injury reduced radial growth in the first year post-injury. Otherwise, radial growth and wood density increased over more than 10 years in both MPB and fire scars. We found that the general increase in radial growth was of greater magnitude (up to 27%) and of longer duration (up to 5 years) in fire scars compared with MPB scars, as shown in earlywood width. We also observed that the increase in latewood density was of greater magnitude (by 12%) in MPB scars, but of longer duration (by 4 years) in fire scars. Crystallinity decreased following MPB and fire injury, while microfibril angle increased. These changes in fibre traits were of longer duration (up to 4 years) in MPB scars compared with fire scars, as shown in microfibril angle. We found no significant changes in carbon and nitrogen concentrations. In conclusion, we stress that reduced competition and resistance to cavitation play an important role alongside cambial injury in influencing the type and severity of changes. In addition, more research is needed to validate the thresholds introduced in this study. Our findings serve as a foundation for new protocols to distinguish between bark beetle and fire disturbance, which is essential for improving our knowledge of historical bark beetle and fire regimes, and their interactions.
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- Estelle Arbellay
- Tree-Ring Lab, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, 3041-2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Tree-Ring Lab, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, 3041-2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia, 4030-2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Stable Isotope Facility, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, 3041-2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Trowbridge AM, Keefover-Ring K. Home on the (expanding) range: evaluating the effectiveness of a novel host's induced defenses against the mountain pine beetle-fungal complex. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 37:1593-1596. [PMID: 29036722 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpx122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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- Amy M Trowbridge
- Department of Land Resources & Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
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- Departments of Botany and Geography, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Cale JA, Muskens M, Najar A, Ishangulyyeva G, Hussain A, Kanekar SS, Klutsch JG, Taft S, Erbilgin N. Rapid monoterpene induction promotes the susceptibility of a novel host pine to mountain pine beetle colonization but not to beetle-vectored fungi. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 37:1597-1610. [PMID: 28985375 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpx089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Chemical induction can drive tree susceptibility to and host range expansions of attacking insects and fungi. Recently, mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins; MPB) has expanded its host range from its historic host lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia Douglas ex Loudon) to jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb) in western Canada. Beetle success in jack pine forests likely depends upon the suitability of tree chemistry to MPB and its symbiotic phytopathogenic fungi. In particular, how rapid induced defenses of jack pine affect MPB colonization and the beetle's symbionts is unknown. In the field, we characterized and compared differences in rapid induced phloem monoterpenes between lodgepole and jack pines in response to various densities of Grosmannia clavigera (Robinson-Jeffery and Davidson)-a MPB symbiotic fungus used to simulate beetle attack-inoculations. Overall, lodgepole pine had higher limonene and myrcene, but lower α-pinene, concentrations than jack pine. However, myrcene concentrations in jack pine increased with inoculation density, while that in lodgepole pine did not respond to density treatments. We compared the growth and reproduction of MPB's symbiotic fungi, G. clavigera, Ophiostoma montium (Rumford) von Arx and Leptographium longiclavatum Lee, Kim and Breuil, grown on media amended with myrcene, α-pinene and limonene at concentrations reflecting two induction levels from each pine species. Myrcene and α-pinene amendments inhibited the growth but stimulated the reproduction of G. clavigera, whereas limonene stimulated its growth while inhibiting its reproduction. However, the growth and reproduction of the other fungi were generally stimulated by monoterpene amendments. Overall, our results suggest that jack pine rapid induction could promote MPB aggregation due to high levels of α-pinene (pheromone precursor), a positive feedback of myrcene (pheromone synergist) and low levels of limonene (resistance). Jack pine is likely as susceptible to MPB-vectored fungi as lodgepole pine, indicating that jack pine induction will likely not adversely affect symbiont activities enough to inhibit the invasion of MPB into jack pine forests.
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- Jonathan A Cale
- Department of Renewable Resources, 442 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, 442 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, 442 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, 442 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, 442 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, 442 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, 442 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, 442 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, 442 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
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Vanderpool D, Bracewell RR, McCutcheon JP. Know your farmer: Ancient origins and multiple independent domestications of ambrosia beetle fungal cultivars. Mol Ecol 2017; 27:2077-2094. [PMID: 29087025 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2017] [Revised: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Bark and ambrosia beetles are highly specialized weevils (Curculionidae) that have established diverse symbioses with fungi, most often from the order Ophiostomatales (Ascomycota, Sordariomycetes). The two types of beetles are distinguished by their feeding habits and intimacy of interactions with their symbiotic fungi. The tree tissue diet of bark beetles is facilitated by fungi, while ambrosia beetles feed solely on fungi that they farm. The farming life history strategy requires domestication of a fungus, which the beetles consume as their sole food source. Ambrosia beetles in the subfamily Platypodinae originated in the mid-Cretaceous (119-88 Ma) and are the oldest known group of farming insects. However, attempts to resolve phylogenetic relationships and the timing of domestication events for fungal cultivars have been largely inconclusive. We sequenced the genomes of 12 ambrosia beetle fungal cultivars and bark beetle associates, including the devastating laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola, to estimate a robust phylogeny of the Ophiostomatales. We find evidence for contemporaneous diversification of the beetles and their associated fungi, followed by three independent domestication events of the ambrosia fungi genus Raffaelea. We estimate the first domestication of an Ophiostomatales fungus occurred ~86 Ma, 25 million years earlier than prior estimates and in close agreement with the estimated age of farming in the Platypodinae (96 Ma). Comparisons of the timing of fungal domestication events with the timing of beetle radiations support the hypothesis that the first large beetle radiations may have spread domesticated "ambrosia" fungi to other fungi-associated beetle groups, perhaps facilitating the evolution of new farming lineages.
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- Dan Vanderpool
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
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Fuller ZL, Haynes GD, Richards S, Schaeffer SW. Genomics of natural populations: Evolutionary forces that establish and maintain gene arrangements inDrosophila pseudoobscura. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:6539-6562. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.14381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Revised: 10/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Zachary L. Fuller
- Department of Biology; 208 Erwin W. Mueller Laboratory; The Pennsylvania State University; University Park PA USA
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- Department of Biology; 208 Erwin W. Mueller Laboratory; The Pennsylvania State University; University Park PA USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center; Baylor College of Medicine; Houston TX USA
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- Department of Biology; 208 Erwin W. Mueller Laboratory; The Pennsylvania State University; University Park PA USA
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Raffa KF, Mason CJ, Bonello P, Cook S, Erbilgin N, Keefover-Ring K, Klutsch JG, Villari C, Townsend PA. Defence syndromes in lodgepole - whitebark pine ecosystems relate to degree of historical exposure to mountain pine beetles. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2017; 40:1791-1806. [PMID: 28543133 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Revised: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Warming climate is allowing tree-killing bark beetles to expand their ranges and access naïve and semi-naïve conifers. Conifers respond to attack using complex mixtures of chemical defences that can impede beetle success, but beetles exploit some compounds for host location and communication. Outcomes of changing relationships will depend on concentrations and compositions of multiple host compounds, which are largely unknown. We analysed constitutive and induced chemistries of Dendroctonus ponderosae's primary historical host, Pinus contorta, and Pinus albicaulis, a high-elevation species whose encounters with this beetle are transitioning from intermittent to continuous. We quantified multiple classes of terpenes, phenolics, carbohydrates and minerals. Pinus contorta had higher constitutive allocation to, and generally stronger inducibility of, compounds that resist these beetle-fungal complexes. Pinus albicaulis contained higher proportions of specific monoterpenes that enhance pheromone communication, and lower induction of pheromone inhibitors. Induced P. contorta increased insecticidal and fungicidal compounds simultaneously, whereas P. albicaulis responses against these agents were inverse. Induced terpene accumulation was accompanied by decreased non-structural carbohydrates, primarily sugars, in P. contorta, but not P. albicaulis, which contained primarily starches. These results show some host species with continuous exposure to bark beetles have more thoroughly integrated defence syndromes than less-continuously exposed host species.
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- Kenneth F Raffa
- Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 83844, USA
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Departments of Botany and Geography, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia - Athens, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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Chiu CC, Keeling CI, Bohlmann J. Toxicity of Pine Monoterpenes to Mountain Pine Beetle. Sci Rep 2017; 7:8858. [PMID: 28821756 PMCID: PMC5562797 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08983-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae; MPB) is an eruptive bark beetle species affecting pine forests of western North America. MPB are exposed to volatile monoterpenes, which are important host defense chemicals. We assessed the toxicity of the ten most abundant monoterpenes of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), a major host in the current MPB epidemic, against adult MPB from two locations in British Columbia, Canada. Monoterpenes were tested as individual volatiles and included (-)-β-phellandrene, (+)-3-carene, myrcene, terpinolene, and both enantiomers of α-pinene, β-pinene and limonene. Dose-mortality experiments identified (-)-limonene as the most toxic (LC50: 32 μL/L), and (-)-α-pinene (LC50: 290 μL/L) and terpinolene (LC50: >500 μL/L) as the least toxic. MPB body weight had a significant positive effect on the ability to survive most monoterpene volatiles, while sex did not have a significant effect with most monoterpenes. This study helps to quantitatively define the effects of individual monoterpenes towards MPB mortality, which is critical when assessing the variable monoterpene chemical defense profiles of its host species.
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- Christine C Chiu
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver, B.C., V6T, 1Z4, Canada
- Botany Department, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver, B.C., V6T, 1Z4, Canada
- Laurentian Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada, P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, 1055 du P.E.P.S., Quebec City, QC, G1V 4C7, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver, B.C., V6T, 1Z4, Canada.
- Botany Department, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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Xu X, Li G, Li L, Su Z, Chen C. Genome-wide comparative analysis of putative Pth11-related G protein-coupled receptors in fungi belonging to Pezizomycotina. BMC Microbiol 2017; 17:166. [PMID: 28743231 PMCID: PMC5526305 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-017-1076-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Background G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest family of transmembrane receptors in fungi, where they play important roles in signal transduction. Among them, the Pth11-related GPCRs form a large and divergent protein family, and are only found in fungi in Pezizomycotina. However, the evolutionary process and potential functions of Pth11-related GPCRs remain largely unknown. Results Twenty genomes of fungi in Pezizomycotina covering different nutritional strategies were mined for putative Pth11-related GPCRs. Phytopathogens encode much more putative Pth11-related GPCRs than symbionts, saprophytes, or entomopathogens. Based on the phylogenetic tree, these GPCRs can be divided into nine clades, with each clade containing fungi in different taxonomic orders. Instead of fungi from the same order, those fungi with similar nutritional strategies were inclined to share orthologs of putative Pth11-related GPCRs. Most of the CFEM domain-containing Pth11-related GPCRs, which were only included in two clades, were detected in phytopathogens. Furthermore, many putative Pth11-related GPCR genes of phytopathogens were upregulated during invasive plant infection, but downregulated under biotic stress. The expressions of putative Pth11-related GPCR genes of saprophytes and entomopathogens could be affected by nutrient conditions, especially the carbon source. The gene expressions revealed that Pth11-related GPCRs could respond to biotic/abiotic stress and invasive plant infection with different expression patterns. Conclusion Our results indicated that the Pth11-related GPCRs existed before the diversification of Pezizomycotina and have been gained and/or lost several times during the evolutionary process. Tandem duplications and trophic variations have been important factors in this evolution. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12866-017-1076-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Xihui Xu
- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Agricultural Product Processing Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang, 524001, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
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Berasategui A, Salem H, Paetz C, Santoro M, Gershenzon J, Kaltenpoth M, Schmidt A. Gut microbiota of the pine weevil degrades conifer diterpenes and increases insect fitness. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:4099-4110. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.14186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Revised: 05/02/2017] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Aileen Berasategui
- Biochemistry Department; Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology; Jena Germany
- Insect Symbiosis Research Group; Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology; Jena Germany
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- Insect Symbiosis Research Group; Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology; Jena Germany
- Department of Biology; Emory University; Atlanta GA USA
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- NMR Department; Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology; Jena Germany
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- Biochemistry Department; Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology; Jena Germany
- Departamento de Biología Molecular; Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto; Río Cuarto Argentina
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- Biochemistry Department; Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology; Jena Germany
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- Department for Evolutionary Ecology; Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz; Mainz Germany
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- Biochemistry Department; Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology; Jena Germany
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Klutsch JG, Najar A, Sherwood P, Bonello P, Erbilgin N. A Native Parasitic Plant Systemically Induces Resistance in Jack Pine to a Fungal Symbiont of Invasive Mountain Pine Beetle. J Chem Ecol 2017; 43:506-518. [PMID: 28466378 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-017-0845-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Revised: 03/26/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Conifer trees resist pest and pathogen attacks by complex defense responses involving different classes of defense compounds. However, it is unknown whether prior infection by biotrophic pathogens can lead to subsequent resistance to necrotrophic pathogens in conifers. We used the infection of jack pine, Pinus banksiana, by a common biotrophic pathogen dwarf mistletoe, Arceuthobium americanum, to investigate induced resistance to a necrotrophic fungus, Grosmannia clavigera, associated with the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae. Dwarf mistletoe infection had a non-linear, systemic effect on monoterpene production, with increasing concentrations at moderate infection levels and decreasing concentrations at high infection levels. Inoculation with G. clavigera resulted in 33 times higher monoterpene concentrations and half the level of phenolics in the necrotic lesions compared to uninoculated control trees. Monoterpene production following dwarf mistletoe infection seemed to result in systemic induced resistance, as trees with moderate disease severity were most resistant to G. clavigera, as evident from shorter lesion lengths. Furthermore, trees with moderate disease severity had the highest systemic but lowest local induction of α-pinene after G. clavigera inoculation, suggesting a possible tradeoff between systemically- and locally-induced defenses. The opposing effects to inoculation by G. clavigera on monoterpene and phenolic levels may indicate the potential for biosynthetic tradeoffs by the tree between these two major defense classes. Our results demonstrate that interactions between a biotrophic parasitic plant and a necrotrophic fungus may impact mountain pine beetle establishment in novel jack pine forests through systemic effects mediated by the coordination of jack pine defense chemicals.
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- Jennifer G Klutsch
- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada.
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.,The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler Aberdeen, Scotland, AB15 8QH, UK
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada
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Erbilgin N, Cale JA, Hussain A, Ishangulyyeva G, Klutsch JG, Najar A, Zhao S. Weathering the storm: how lodgepole pine trees survive mountain pine beetle outbreaks. Oecologia 2017; 184:469-478. [PMID: 28421324 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-017-3865-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2017] [Accepted: 04/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Recent mountain pine beetle outbreaks in western North America killed millions of lodgepole pine trees, leaving few survivors. However, the mechanism underlying the ability of trees to survive bark beetle outbreaks is unknown, but likely involve phytochemicals such as monoterpenes and fatty acids that can drive beetle aggregation and colonization on their hosts. Thus, we conducted a field survey of beetle-resistant lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) trees to retrospectively deduce whether these phytochemicals underlie their survival by comparing their chemistry to that of non-attacked trees in the same stands. We also compared beetle attack characteristics between resistant and beetle-killed trees. Beetle-killed trees had more beetle attacks and longer ovipositional galleries than resistant trees, which also lacked the larval establishment found in beetle-killed trees. Resistant trees contained high amounts of toxic and attraction-inhibitive compounds and low amounts of pheromone-precursor and synergist compounds. During beetle host aggregation and colonization, these compounds likely served three critical roles in tree survival. First, low amounts of pheromone-precursor (α-pinene) and synergist (mycrene, terpinolene) compounds reduced or prevented beetles from attracting conspecifics to residual trees. Second, high amounts of 4-allyanisole further inhibited beetle attraction to its pheromone. Finally, high amounts of toxic limonene, 3-carene, 4-allyanisole, α-linolenic acid, and linoleic acid inhibited beetle gallery establishment and oviposition. We conclude that the variation of chemotypic expression of local plant populations can have profound ecological consequences including survival during insect outbreaks.
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- Nadir Erbilgin
- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 442 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada.
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 442 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 442 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 442 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 442 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 442 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, 442 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3, Canada
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Ojeda Alayon DI, Tsui CKM, Feau N, Capron A, Dhillon B, Zhang Y, Massoumi Alamouti S, Boone CK, Carroll AL, Cooke JEK, Roe AD, Sperling FAH, Hamelin RC. Genetic and genomic evidence of niche partitioning and adaptive radiation in mountain pine beetle fungal symbionts. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:2077-2091. [PMID: 28231417 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2016] [Revised: 12/08/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Bark beetles form multipartite symbiotic associations with blue stain fungi (Ophiostomatales, Ascomycota). These fungal symbionts play an important role during the beetle's life cycle by providing nutritional supplementation, overcoming tree defences and modifying host tissues to favour brood development. The maintenance of stable multipartite symbioses with seemingly less competitive symbionts in similar habitats is of fundamental interest to ecology and evolution. We tested the hypothesis that the coexistence of three fungal species associated with the mountain pine beetle is the result of niche partitioning and adaptive radiation using SNP genotyping coupled with genotype-environment association analysis and phenotypic characterization of growth rate under different temperatures. We found that genetic variation and population structure within each species is best explained by distinct spatial and environmental variables. We observed both common (temperature seasonality and the host species) and distinct (drought, cold stress, precipitation) environmental and spatial factors that shaped the genomes of these fungi resulting in contrasting outcomes. Phenotypic intraspecific variations in Grosmannia clavigera and Leptographium longiclavatum, together with high heritability, suggest potential for adaptive selection in these species. By contrast, Ophiostoma montium displayed narrower intraspecific variation but greater tolerance to extreme high temperatures. Our study highlights unique phenotypic and genotypic characteristics in these symbionts that are consistent with our hypothesis. By maintaining this multipartite relationship, the bark beetles have a greater likelihood of obtaining the benefits afforded by the fungi and reduce the risk of being left aposymbiotic. Complementarity among species could facilitate colonization of new habitats and survival under adverse conditions.
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- Dario I Ojeda Alayon
- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, The University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, The University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, The University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, The University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, The University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, The University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4
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- Department of Wood Science, The University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4
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- Ecosystem Science and Management Program, University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George, BC, Canada, V2N 4Z9
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, The University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G 2R3
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G 2R3.,Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, 1219 Queen St E, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada, P6A 2E5
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G 2R3
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, The University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4.,Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Systèmes, Université Laval, 1030 Avenue de la Médecine, Québec City, QC, Canada, G1V 0A6
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Lah L, Löber U, Hsiang T, Hartmann S. A genomic comparison of putative pathogenicity-related gene families in five members of the Ophiostomatales with different lifestyles. Fungal Biol 2016; 121:234-252. [PMID: 28215351 DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2016.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2016] [Revised: 12/10/2016] [Accepted: 12/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Ophiostomatoid fungi are vectored by their bark-beetle associates and colonize different host tree species. To survive and proliferate in the host, they have evolved mechanisms for detoxification and elimination of host defence compounds, efficient nutrient sequestration, and, in pathogenic species, virulence towards plants. Here, we assembled a draft genome of the spruce pathogen Ophiostoma bicolor. For our comparative and phylogenetic analyses, we mined the genomes of closely related species (Ophiostoma piceae, Ophiostoma ulmi, Ophiostoma novo-ulmi, and Grosmannia clavigera). Our aim was to acquire a genomic and evolutionary perspective of gene families important in host colonization. Genome comparisons showed that both the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes in our assembly were largely complete. Our O. bicolor 25.3 Mbp draft genome had 10 018 predicted genes, 6041 proteins with gene ontology (GO) annotation, 269 carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes), 559 peptidases and inhibitors, and 1373 genes likely involved in pathogen-host interactions. Phylogenetic analyses of selected protein families revealed core sets of cytochrome P450 genes, ABC transporters and backbone genes involved in secondary metabolite (SM) biosynthesis (polyketide synthases (PKS) and non-ribosomal synthases), and species-specific gene losses and duplications. Phylogenetic analyses of protein families of interest provided insight into evolutionary adaptations to host biochemistry in ophiostomatoid fungi.
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- Ljerka Lah
- Evolutionary Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
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- Evolutionary Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Straße 17, 10315 Berlin, Germany
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, N1G 2W1 Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Kandasamy D, Gershenzon J, Hammerbacher A. Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted by Fungal Associates of Conifer Bark Beetles and their Potential in Bark Beetle Control. J Chem Ecol 2016; 42:952-969. [PMID: 27687998 PMCID: PMC5101256 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-016-0768-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Revised: 08/14/2016] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Conifer bark beetles attack and kill mature spruce and pine trees, especially during hot and dry conditions. These beetles are closely associated with ophiostomatoid fungi of the Ascomycetes, including the genera Ophiostoma, Grosmannia, and Endoconidiophora, which enhance beetle success by improving nutrition and modifying their substrate, but also have negative impacts on beetles by attracting predators and parasites. A survey of the literature and our own data revealed that ophiostomatoid fungi emit a variety of volatile organic compounds under laboratory conditions including fusel alcohols, terpenoids, aromatic compounds, and aliphatic alcohols. Many of these compounds already have been shown to elicit behavioral responses from bark beetles, functioning as attractants or repellents, often as synergists to compounds currently used in bark beetle control. Thus, these compounds could serve as valuable new agents for bark beetle management. However, bark beetle associations with fungi are very complex. Beetle behavior varies with the species of fungus, the stage of the beetle life cycle, the host tree quality, and probably with changes in the emission rate of fungal volatiles. Additional research on bark beetles and their symbiotic associates is necessary before the basic significance of ophiostomatoid fungal volatiles can be understood and their applied potential realized.
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- Dineshkumar Kandasamy
- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll Str. 8, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll Str. 8, 07745, Jena, Germany.
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- Department of Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa
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Wadke N, Kandasamy D, Vogel H, Lah L, Wingfield BD, Paetz C, Wright LP, Gershenzon J, Hammerbacher A. The Bark-Beetle-Associated Fungus, Endoconidiophora polonica, Utilizes the Phenolic Defense Compounds of Its Host as a Carbon Source. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 171:914-31. [PMID: 27208235 PMCID: PMC4902585 DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.01916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2015] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Norway spruce (Picea abies) is periodically attacked by the bark beetle Ips typographus and its fungal associate, Endoconidiophora polonica, whose infection is thought to be required for successful beetle attack. Norway spruce produces terpenoid resins and phenolics in response to fungal and bark beetle invasion. However, how the fungal associate copes with these chemical defenses is still unclear. In this study, we investigated changes in the phenolic content of Norway spruce bark upon E. polonica infection and the biochemical factors mediating these changes. Although genes encoding the rate-limiting enzymes in Norway spruce stilbene and flavonoid biosynthesis were actively transcribed during fungal infection, there was a significant time-dependent decline of the corresponding metabolites in fungal lesions. In vitro feeding experiments with pure phenolics revealed that E. polonica transforms both stilbenes and flavonoids to muconoid-type ring-cleavage products, which are likely the first steps in the degradation of spruce defenses to substrates that can enter the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Four genes were identified in E. polonica that encode catechol dioxygenases carrying out these reactions. These enzymes catalyze the cleavage of phenolic rings with a vicinal dihydroxyl group to muconoid products accepting a wide range of Norway spruce-produced phenolics as substrates. The expression of these genes and E. polonica utilization of the most abundant spruce phenolics as carbon sources both correlated positively with fungal virulence in several strains. Thus, the pathways for the degradation of phenolic compounds in E. polonica, initiated by catechol dioxygenase action, are important to the infection, growth, and survival of this bark beetle-vectored fungus and may play a major role in the ability of I. typographus to colonize spruce trees.
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- Namita Wadke
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 07745 Jena, Germany (N.W., D.K., H.V., C.P., L.P.W., J.G., A.H.);University of Potsdam, 14476 Golm, Germany (L.L.); andDepartment of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa (B.D.W.)
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 07745 Jena, Germany (N.W., D.K., H.V., C.P., L.P.W., J.G., A.H.);University of Potsdam, 14476 Golm, Germany (L.L.); andDepartment of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa (B.D.W.)
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 07745 Jena, Germany (N.W., D.K., H.V., C.P., L.P.W., J.G., A.H.);University of Potsdam, 14476 Golm, Germany (L.L.); andDepartment of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa (B.D.W.)
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 07745 Jena, Germany (N.W., D.K., H.V., C.P., L.P.W., J.G., A.H.);University of Potsdam, 14476 Golm, Germany (L.L.); andDepartment of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa (B.D.W.)
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 07745 Jena, Germany (N.W., D.K., H.V., C.P., L.P.W., J.G., A.H.);University of Potsdam, 14476 Golm, Germany (L.L.); andDepartment of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa (B.D.W.)
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 07745 Jena, Germany (N.W., D.K., H.V., C.P., L.P.W., J.G., A.H.);University of Potsdam, 14476 Golm, Germany (L.L.); andDepartment of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa (B.D.W.)
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 07745 Jena, Germany (N.W., D.K., H.V., C.P., L.P.W., J.G., A.H.);University of Potsdam, 14476 Golm, Germany (L.L.); andDepartment of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa (B.D.W.)
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 07745 Jena, Germany (N.W., D.K., H.V., C.P., L.P.W., J.G., A.H.);University of Potsdam, 14476 Golm, Germany (L.L.); andDepartment of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa (B.D.W.)
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 07745 Jena, Germany (N.W., D.K., H.V., C.P., L.P.W., J.G., A.H.);University of Potsdam, 14476 Golm, Germany (L.L.); andDepartment of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0028, South Africa (B.D.W.)
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