Oral Immune Priming Treatment Alters Microbiome Composition in the Red Flour Beetle Tribolium castaneum.

ABSTRACT: It is now well-established that the microbiome is relevant for many of an organism's properties and that its composition reacts dynamically to various conditions. The microbiome interacts with host immunity and can play important roles in the defenses against pathogens. In invertebrates, immune priming, that is, improved survival upon secondary exposure to a previously encountered pathogen, can be dependent upon the presence of the gut microbiome. However, it is currently unknown whether the microbiome changes upon priming treatment. We here addressed this question in a well-established model for immune priming, the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum exposed to the entomopathogenic bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). After priming treatments, the microbiota compos

SUBMITTER: Korsa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9043903 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature