The buzz within: the role of the gut microbiome in honeybee social behavior DOI
Justine B. Nguyen, C. W. Marshall, Chelsea N. Cook

et al.

Journal of Experimental Biology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 227(3)

Published: Feb. 1, 2024

ABSTRACT Gut symbionts influence the physiology and behavior of their host, but extent to which these effects scale social behaviors is an emerging area research. The use western honeybee (Apis mellifera) as a model enables researchers investigate gut microbiome at several levels organization. Insight into microbial societal level critical for our understanding how involved are in host biology. In this Commentary, we discuss recent findings research synthesize with knowledge other organisms hypothesize host–microbe interactions individual could shape dynamics evolution.

Language: Английский

Dynamics of Insect–Microbiome Interaction Influence Host and Microbial Symbiont DOI Creative Commons
Ayushi Gupta, Suresh Nair

Frontiers in Microbiology, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: June 26, 2020

Insects share an intimate relationship with their gut microflora and this symbiotic association has developed into essential evolutionary outcome intended for survival through extreme environmental conditions. While it been clearly established that insects, very few exceptions, associate several microbes during life cycle, information regarding aspects of these associations is yet to be fully unraveled. Acquisition bacteria by insects marks the onset microbial symbiosis, which followed adaptation bacterial species environment prolonged sustenance successful transmission across generations. Although insect-microbiome have reported each distinctive features, diversifications specializations, still unclear as what led diversifications. Recent studies indicated involvement various processes operating within insect body govern transition a free-living microbe obligate or facultative symbiont eventually leading establishment diversification relationships. Data from studies, summarized in review, indicate partners i.e. undergo genetic, biochemical physiological changes profound influence on cycle biology. An interesting insect-microbe interaction compliance partner its eventual genome reduction. Endosymbionts possess smaller compared forms, thus raising question reductive evolution partner? This review attempts highlight fate implications both host. discussion specific would too voluminous outside scope we present overview some recent contribute better understanding trajectory dynamics speculate that, future, nature could pave path sustainable environmentally safe way controlling economically important pests crop plants.

Language: Английский

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Microbiota-brain interactions: Moving toward mechanisms in model organisms DOI Creative Commons
Jatin Nagpal, John F. Cryan

Neuron, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 109(24), P. 3930 - 3953

Published: Oct. 16, 2021

Language: Английский

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The gut microbiota — brain axis of insects DOI
Joanito Liberti, Philipp Engel

Current Opinion in Insect Science, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 39, P. 6 - 13

Published: Jan. 28, 2020

Language: Английский

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Impact of intraspecific variation in insect microbiomes on host phenotype and evolution DOI Creative Commons
Claudia Lange, Stéphane Boyer, Т. Martijn Bezemer

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The ISME Journal, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 17(11), P. 1798 - 1807

Published: Sept. 2, 2023

Abstract Microbes can be an important source of phenotypic plasticity in insects. Insect physiology, behaviour, and ecology are influenced by individual variation the microbial communities held within insect gut, reproductive organs, bacteriome, other tissues. It is becoming increasingly clear how microbiome for fitness, expansion into novel ecological niches, environments. These investigations have garnered heightened interest recently, yet a comprehensive understanding intraspecific assembly function these insect-associated shape insects still lacking. Most research focuses on core associated with species ignores variation. We argue that among driver evolution, we provide examples showing such influence fitness health insects, invasions, their persistence new environments, responses to global environmental changes.

Language: Английский

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The role of Drosophila microbiota in gut homeostasis and immunity DOI Creative Commons

Ghada Tafesh‐Edwards,

Ioannis Eleftherianos

Gut Microbes, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: May 2, 2023

The gut epithelia of virtually all animals harbor complex microbial communities that play an important role in maintaining immune and cellular homeostasis. Gut microbiota have evolutionarily adapted to the host environment, serving as key regulators intestinal stem cells promote a healthy barrier modulate epithelial self-renewal. Disruption these populations has been associated with inflammatory disorders or cancerous lesions intestine. However, molecular mechanisms controlling gut-microbe interactions are only partially understood due high diversity biologically dynamic nature microorganisms. This article reviews current knowledge on Drosophila its signaling pathways crucial for induction distinct homeostatic responses. Thanks genetic tractability cultivable simple microbiota, this association model offers new efficient tools investigating crosstalk between while providing framework better understanding ecological evolutionary roles microbiome.

Language: Английский

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How commensal microbes shape the physiology of Drosophila melanogaster DOI Creative Commons
Théodore Grenier, François Leulier

Current Opinion in Insect Science, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 41, P. 92 - 99

Published: Aug. 14, 2020

Language: Английский

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Mechanisms of lactic acid gustatory attraction in Drosophila DOI Creative Commons
Molly Stanley, Britya Ghosh, Zachary F. Weiss

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Current Biology, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 31(16), P. 3525 - 3537.e6

Published: June 30, 2021

Language: Английский

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Microbiome Innovation in Agriculture: Development of Microbial Based Tools for Insect Pest Management DOI Creative Commons

Masroor Qadri,

Sierra Short,

Kalani Gast

et al.

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 4

Published: Oct. 6, 2020

According to the Entomological Society of America's (ESA) recent position statement, invasive insects incur control costs over $2.5 billion and cause economic damages crops, lawns, forests, pastures totaling $18 per year ("The Not-So-Hidden Dangers Invasive Species" 2018). The threat crop pests food security continues be driven by complex dynamics human movements, global trade activities, climate change, changing agricultural practices. Chemical insecticides have been central protection against insects. However, a growing demand for reduced chemical use due environmental health concerns in addition pesticide resistance issues are fueling interests innovative approaches manage pests. For decades, role microbes pest management has largely confined using entomopathogens, with only handful microbial species being developed into bioinsecticides. paradigm is shifting owing advent high-throughput sequencing, functional omics, gene editing technologies, which greatly accelerate discovery, as well better understanding functions communities across different habitats. There also overwhelming evidence that symbiotic play pivotal roles shaping various insect traits. collection associated given environment (both biotic abiotic) their collective genetic materials termed microbiome. In this paper, we survey latest development microbiome research could leveraged novel tools (Figure 1). We first review diverse traits shaped insect-microbe associations span nutrition, immunity, ecological interactions natural enemy, insecticide resistance, behavior. This followed discussion on manipulation alter traits, describing some opportunities obstacles each approach. then highlight microbiomes untapped inventories discover biopesticides, including plant-incorporated protectants semiochemicals. last topic covered beneficial improve performance mass-reared autocidal programs, sterile technique incompatible technique, identify topics where data limited or inconclusive future research.

Language: Английский

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The Role of Insect Symbiotic Bacteria in Metabolizing Phytochemicals and Agrochemicals DOI Creative Commons
Man Zhao, Xingyu Lin, Xianru Guo

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Insects, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13(7), P. 583 - 583

Published: June 26, 2022

The diversity and high adaptability of insects are heavily associated with their symbiotic microbes, which include bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa, archaea. These microbes play important roles in many aspects the biology physiology insects, such as helping host food digestion, nutrition absorption, strengthening immunity confronting plant defenses. To maintain normal development population reproduction, herbivorous have developed strategies to detoxify substances they may be exposed living habitat, detoxifying enzymes carboxylesterase, glutathione-S-transferases (GSTs), cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYP450s). Additionally, insect bacteria can act an factor modulate detrimental substances. This review summarizes current research progress on role metabolizing phytochemicals agrochemicals (insecticides herbicides). Given importance microbiota, more functional that should identified, underlying mechanisms also further studied, facilitating microbial-resource-based pest control approaches or protective methods for beneficial insects.

Language: Английский

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Bacillus symbiont drives alterations in intestinal microbiota and circulating metabolites of lepidopteran host DOI
Guannan Li, Xi Zheng, Yong Zhu

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Environmental Microbiology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 24(9), P. 4049 - 4064

Published: Feb. 22, 2022

The symbiotic association between bacterial symbionts and insect hosts is a complicated process that not completely understood. Herein, we used silkworm model to study the Bacillus lepidopteran by investigating changes in intestinal microbiota hemolymph circulating metabolites of after subtilis treatment. Results showed B. can generate variety primary secondary metabolites, such as B vitamins antimicrobial compounds, provide micronutrients enhance pathogen resistance their host. Shifts relative abundance Enterococcus, Brevibacterium, Buttiauxella, Pseudomonas, Brevundimonas Limnobacter had significant correlations with concentrations differential (e.g. phospholipids certain amino acids) hemolymph. compounds secreted were driving force for reconstruction microbiota. Meanwhile, altered levels multiple metabolic pathways potential adaptive mechanism response shifts Our findings provided concrete evidence symbiont alter physiological state insects highlighted importance compositional alterations source variation hosts.

Language: Английский

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