Epibiotic Fungal Communities of Three Tomicus spp. Infesting Pines in Southwestern China.

ABSTRACT: The association between insects and fungi has evolved over millions of years and is ubiquitous in nature. This symbiotic relationship holds critical implications for both partners, the insects and the associated microbes. Numerous fungi are externally allied with bark beetles and form a close symbiosis, but the community structures of these fungi are largely unknown. In Yunnan Province in southwestern China, the beetles Tomicus yunnanensis, T. minor, and T. brevipilosus are major forest pests that cause large losses of two indigenous pines, Pinus yunnanensis and P. kesiya. In this study, we used the Illumina MiSeq PE300 platform to process 48 samples of epibiotic fungal communities pooled from 1348 beetles; the beetles were collected

SUBMITTER: Wang HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7023379 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature