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| Autor(es): |
Barcoto, Mariana O.
[1, 2]
;
Carlos-Shanley, Camila
[3]
;
Fan, Huan
[4]
;
Ferro, Milene
[1]
;
Nagamoto, Nilson S.
[5]
;
Bacci, Jr., Mauricio
[1]
;
Currie, Cameron R.
[4]
;
Rodrigues, Andre
[1, 2]
Número total de Autores: 8
|
| Afiliação do(s) autor(es): | [1] Sao Paulo State Univ UNESP, Ctr Study Social Insects, Rio Claro, SP - Brazil
[2] Sao Paulo State Univ UNESP, Dept Biochem & Microbiol, Rio Claro, SP - Brazil
[3] Texas State Univ, Dept Biol, San Marcos, TX - USA
[4] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Bacteriol, Madison, WI 53706 - USA
[5] Sao Paulo State Univ UNESP, Dept Plant Protect, Botucatu, SP - Brazil
Número total de Afiliações: 5
|
| Tipo de documento: | Artigo Científico |
| Fonte: | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS; v. 10, n. 1 JUL 24 2020. |
| Citações Web of Science: | 5 |
| Resumo | |
Some lineages of ants, termites, and beetles independently evolved a symbiotic association with lignocellulolytic fungi cultivated for food, in a lifestyle known as fungiculture. Fungus-growing insects' symbiosis also hosts a bacterial community thought to integrate their physiology. Similarities in taxonomic composition support the microbiota of fungus-growing insects as convergent, despite differences in fungus-rearing by these insects. Here, by comparing fungus-growing insects to several hosts ranging diverse dietary patterns, we investigate whether the microbiota taxonomic and functional profiles are characteristic of the fungiculture environment. Compared to other hosts, the microbiota associated with fungus-growing insects presents a distinctive taxonomic profile, dominated by Gammaproteobacteria at class level and by Pseudomonas at genera level. Even with a functional profile presenting similarities with the gut microbiota of herbivorous and omnivorous hosts, some differentially abundant features codified by the microbiota of fungus-growing insects suggest these communities occupying microhabitats that are characteristic of fungiculture. These features include metabolic pathways involved in lignocellulose breakdown, detoxification of plant secondary metabolites, metabolism of simple sugars, fungal cell wall deconstruction, biofilm formation, antimicrobials biosynthesis, and metabolism of diverse nutrients. Our results suggest that the microbiota could be functionally adapted to the fungiculture environment, codifying metabolic pathways potentially relevant to the fungus-growing insects' ecosystems functioning. (AU) | |
| Processo FAPESP: | 12/25299-6 - Estudos integrados para o controle de formigas cortadeiras |
| Beneficiário: | João Batista Fernandes |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático |
| Processo FAPESP: | 15/16415-0 - Potencial metabólico do microbioma associado ao jardim de fungo de formigas da tribo Attini |
| Beneficiário: | Mariana de Oliveira Barcoto |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Bolsas no Brasil - Mestrado |
| Processo FAPESP: | 19/03746-0 - Pesquisa colaborativa: Dimensions US-São Paulo: integrando filogenia, genética e ecologia química para desvendar a emaranhada simbiose multipartida das formigas cultivadoras de fungos |
| Beneficiário: | André Rodrigues |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Temático |
| Processo FAPESP: | 16/02767-5 - Potencial metabólico do microbioma bacteriano de jardins de fungo de formigas Attini |
| Beneficiário: | Mariana de Oliveira Barcoto |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Bolsas no Exterior - Estágio de Pesquisa - Mestrado |
| Processo FAPESP: | 13/50954-0 - Novos agentes terapêuticos obtidos de bactérias simbiontes de invertebrados brasileiros |
| Beneficiário: | Mônica Tallarico Pupo |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Temático |
| Processo FAPESP: | 17/04824-9 - Alterações gênicas subjacentes à especiação das formigas cortadeiras |
| Beneficiário: | Mauricio Bacci Junior |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular |