Effect of Oxygen on Verbenone Conversion From cis-Verbenol by Gut Facultative Anaerobes of Dendroctonus valens.

ABSTRACT: Since its introduction from North America, Dendroctonus valens LeConte has become a destructive forest pest in China. Although gut aerobic bacteria have been investigated and some are implicated in beetle pheromone production, little is known about the abundance and significance of facultative anaerobic bacteria in beetle gut, especially with regards to effects of oxygen on their role in pheromone production. In this study, we isolated and identified gut bacteria of D. valens adults in an anaerobic environment, and further compared their ability to convert cis-verbenol into verbenone (a multi-functional pheromone of D. valens) under different O₂ concentrations. Pantoea conspicua, Enterobacter xiangfangensis, Staphylococcus warneri were the most

SUBMITTER: Cao Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5864928 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature