Geosmithia—widespread and abundant but long ignored bark beetle symbionts

M Kolařík, J Hulcr - Mycological Progress, 2023‏ - Springer
Abstract Geosmithia (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) and their associations with bark beetles
have long been in the shadow of the more often studied beetle associates: Ophiostomatales …

Gut microbiota of the pine weevil degrades conifer diterpenes and increases insect fitness

A Berasategui, H Salem, C Paetz, M Santoro… - Molecular …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
The pine weevil (Hylobius abietis), a major pest of conifer forests throughout Europe, feeds
on the bark and cambium, tissues rich in terpenoid resins that are toxic to many insect …

Symbiotic microbes aid host adaptation by metabolizing a deterrent host pine carbohydrate d-pinitol in a beetle-fungus invasive complex

F Liu, F Ye, C Cheng, Z Kang, H Kou, J Sun - Science Advances, 2022‏ - science.org
The red turpentine beetle (RTB) is one of the most destructive invasive pests in China and
solely consumes pine phloem containing high amounts of d-pinitol. Previous studies …

The Eurasian spruce bark beetle Ips typographus shapes the microbial communities of its offspring and the gallery environment

AP Baños-Quintana, J Gershenzon… - Frontiers in …, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
The Eurasian spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) is currently the most economically
relevant pest of Norway spruce (Picea abies). Ips typographus associates with filamentous …

Molecular phylogeny of bark and ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) based on 18 molecular markers

D Pistone, J Gohli, BH Jordal - Systematic Entomology, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
The phylogeny of the large weevil subfamily Scolytinae has been difficult to resolve based
on a limited number of genetic markers. With more than 6000 nominal species in the …

Structure and dynamics of the gut bacterial microbiota of the bark beetle, Dendroctonus rhizophagus (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) across their life stages

CI Briones-Roblero, JA Hernández-García… - PloS one, 2017‏ - journals.plos.org
Bark beetles play an important role as agents of natural renovation and regeneration in
coniferous forests. Several studies have documented the metabolic capacity of bacteria …

Talaromyces–Insect Relationships

R Nicoletti, A Becchimanzi - Microorganisms, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Facing the urgent need to reduce the input of agrochemicals, in recent years, the ecological
relationships between plants and their associated microorganisms have been increasingly …

Distinct metabolites affect the phloem fungal communities in ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) native and nonnative to the highly invasive emerald ash borer (AGRILUS …

TM Koski, B Zhang, J Mogouong, H Wang… - Plant, Cell & …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Emerald ash borer (EAB, Agrilus planipennis) is an invasive killer of ash trees (Fraxinus
spp.) in North America and Europe. Ash species co‐evolved with EAB in their native range …

Evidence for succession and putative metabolic roles of fungi and bacteria in the farming mutualism of the ambrosia beetle Xyleborus affinis

LA Ibarra-Juarez, MAJ Burton, PHW Biedermann… - Msystems, 2020‏ - journals.asm.org
The bacterial and fungal community involved in ambrosia beetle fungiculture remains poorly
studied compared to the famous fungus-farming ants and termites. Here we studied …