Microhabitat Governs the Microbiota of the Pinewood Nematode and Its Vector Beetle: Implication for the Prevalence of Pine Wilt Disease.

ABSTRACT: Our understanding of environmental acquisition of microbes and migration-related alteration of microbiota across habitats has rapidly increased. However, in complex life cycles, such as for many parasites, exactly how these microbes are transmitted across multiple environments, such as hosts and habitats, is unknown. Pinewood nematode, the causal agent of the globally devastating pine wilt disease, provides an ideal model to study the role of microbiota in multispecies interactions because its successful host invasion depends on the interactions among its vector insects, pine hosts, and associated microbes. Here, we studied the role of bacterial and fungal communities involved in the nematode's life cycle across different micro- (pupal chamber, vector beetle, and dispersal nematodes) and m

SUBMITTER: Tian H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9430308 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature