"尸制造"和一般性真菌病原体对木匠微生物群的后果
Sophia Vermeulen1, Anna M Forsman1,2, Charissa de Bekker1,3
1Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando FL 32816, USA.
Current research in insect science
|December 25, 2024
概括
尸菌Ophiocordyceps显著改变了Camponotus floridanus的肠道微生物组和菌生物组,与Beauveria不同. 这种真菌操纵可能涉及.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 菌类学 菌类学是指菌类学.
- 昆虫病理学 昆虫病理学
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
背景情况:
- 坎波诺图斯佛罗里达的肠道微生物群是众所周知的,但对肠道微生物和真菌生物群的昆虫病原体的影响还未得到充分研究.
- 菌群或真菌群体在肠道生态和感染结果中发挥着至关重要的作用,但它经常被忽视.
研究的目的:
- 调查两种昆虫病原体Ophiocordyceps camponoti-floridani和Beauveria bassiana的影响,它们在C. floridanus的肠道微生物和真菌生物群上具有不同的感染策略.
- 为了确定观察到的对肠道微生物群的影响是否根据肠道病原体的感染策略有所不同.
主要方法:
- 在健康的C. floridanus中对肠道微生物和真菌生物的比较分析与感染O. camponoti-floridani或B. bassiana的相比.
- 在感染的不同阶段对微生物和真菌群体进行时间序列采样和表征.
主要成果:
- 贝沃里亚巴西安娜菌感染并没有显著改变的肠道微生物或真菌生物组.
- 奥菲奥科尔迪塞普斯 (Ophiocordyceps camponoti-floridani) 感染特别影响了肠道菌群,并在一定程度上影响了肠道微生物群.
- 与对照组相比,呈现Ophiocordyceps诱导的峰行为的显示出明显改变的肠道微生物和真菌生物组组成.
结论:
- 根据它们的感染策略,C. floridanus的肠道微生物组合受到虫病原体的差异影响.
- 的行为操纵可能与宿主肠道微生物组的改变有关.
- 这项研究强调了在昆虫病原体与宿主相互作用中考虑真菌生物组的重要性.
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