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Culturable aerobic and facultative bacteria from the gut of the polyphagic dung beetle Thorectes lusitanicus Jeckel

Investigación publicada en Insect Science

1 de abril de 2015

Unlike other dung beetles, the Iberian geotrupid Thorectes lusitanicus exhibits polyphagous behavior; for example, it is able to eat acorns, fungi, fruits, and carrion in addition to the dung of different mammals. This adaptation to digest a wider diet has physiological and developmental advantages and requires key changes in the composition and diversity of the beetle`s gut microbiota. In this study, we isolated aerobic, facultative anaerobic, and aerotolerant microbiota amenable to grow in culture from the gut contents of T. lusitanicus and resolved isolate identity to the species level by sequencing 16S rRNA gene fragments. Using BLAST similarity searches and maximum likelihood phylogenetic analyses, we were able to reveal that the analyzed fraction (culturable, aerobic, facultative anaerobic, and aerotolerant) of beetle gut microbiota is dominated by the phyla Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Actinobacteria. Among Proteobacteria, members of the order Enterobacteriales (Gammaproteobacteria) were the most abundant. The main functions associated with the bacteria found in the gut of T. lusitanicus would likely include nitrogen fixation, denitrification, detoxification, and diverse defensive roles against pathogens. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved




Hernandez N., Escudero JA., San Millan A., Gonzalez-Zorn B., Lobo JM., Verdu JR. y Suarez M.




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Participantes:

Universidad ComplutenseServicio de Zoonosis de Transmisión Alimentaria y Resistencia a Antimicrobianos (ZTA). Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET). Universidad Complutense (UCM).

Universidad ComplutenseDepartamento de Sanidad Animal. Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad Complutense (UCM).

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasMuseo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).

Universidad de AlicanteCentro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad (CIBIO). Universidad de Alicante (UA).







Insect Science
FACTOR YEAR Q
2.551 2015

NLMID: 101266965

PMID: 24339348

ISSN: 1672-9609



TÍTULO: Culturable aerobic and facultative bacteria from the gut of the polyphagic dung beetle Thorectes lusitanicus Jeckel


REVISTA: Insect Sci


NUMERACIÓN: 22:178-190


AÑO: 2015


EDITORIAL: Victoria, Australia : Blackwell Pub., c2005-


AUTORES: Hernandez N., Escudero JA., San Millan A., Gonzalez-Zorn B., Lobo JM., Verdu JR. and Suarez M.


2nd
José Antonio Escudero García-Calderón
4th
Bruno González Zorn
Last
Mónica Suárez Rodríguez

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.12094


CITA ESTA PUBLICACIÓN:

Hernandez N., Escudero JA., San Millan A., Gonzalez-Zorn B., Lobo JM., Verdu JR. y Suarez M. Culturable aerobic and facultative bacteria from the gut of the polyphagic dung beetle Thorectes lusitanicus Jeckel. Insect Science. 22:178-190. 2015. (A). ISSN: 1672-9609. DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12094


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