ArticleAnimal microbiome2021
Parasitism by endoparasitoid wasps alters the internal but not the external microbiome in host caterpillars.
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- Meta-analysis of larvae of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) microbiota based on 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2022Pooled it
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- Niche Differentiation and Predicted Functions of Microbiomes in a Tri-Trophic Willow-Gall (Insects · 2025Article
- Primary and Secondary Symbionts of Cambodian Cicadellidae and the Role of Parasitisation.Environmental microbiology reports · 2025Article
- Host Diet and Species Interact to Shape the Bacterial and Fungal Microbiome in the Regurgitant of Four Spodoptera Species.Microbial ecology · 2025Article
- Parasitoid Calyx Fluid and Venom Affect Bacterial Communities in Their Lepidopteran Host Labial Salivary Glands.Microbial ecology · 2025Article
- Parasite-Induced Replacement of Host Microbiota: Impact of Xenos gadagkari Parasitization on the Microbiota of Polistes wattii.Microbial ecology · 2025Article
- Caterpillar-parasitoid interactions: species-specific influences on host microbiome composition.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2024Article
- Effect ofInsects · 2024Article
- Unveiling the Microbiome Diversity inInsects · 2024Article
- Shaping the Microbial Landscape: Parasitoid-Driven Modifications of Bactrocera dorsalis Microbiota.Microbial ecology · 2024Article
- Unveiling the microbiome of hydroponically cultivated lettuce: impact of Phytophthora cryptogea infection on plant-associated microorganisms.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2024Article
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- Impact of intraspecific variation in insect microbiomes on host phenotype and evolution.The ISME journal · 2023Review
- Parasitism causes changes in caterpillar odours and associated bacterial communities with consequences for host-location by a hyperparasitoid.PLoS pathogens · 2023Article
- Bacterial biota composition in gut regions of black soldier fly larvae reared on industrial residual streams: revealing community dynamics along its intestinal tract.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Diversity and composition of the microbiome associated with eggs of the Southern green stinkbug, Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae).MicrobiologyOpen · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe microbiome of many insects consists of a diverse community of microorganisms that can play critical roles in the functioning and overall health of their hosts. Although the microbial communities of insects have been studied thoroughly over the past decade, little is still known about how biotic interactions affect the microbial community structure in and on the bodies of insects. In insects that are attacked by parasites or parasitoids, it can be expected that the microbiome of the host insect is affected by the presence of these parasitic organisms that develop in close association with their host. In this study, we used high-throughput amplicon sequencing targeting both bacteria and fungi to test the hypothesis that parasitism by the endoparasitoid Cotesia glomerata affected the microbiome of its host Pieris brassicae. Healthy and parasitized caterpillars were collected from both natural populations and a laboratory culture.
resultsSignificant differences in bacterial community structure were found between field-collected caterpillars and laboratory-reared caterpillars, and between the external and the internal microbiome of the caterpillars. Parasitism significantly altered the internal microbiome of caterpillars, but not the external microbiome. The internal microbiome of all parasitized caterpillars and of the parasitoid larvae in the caterpillar hosts was dominated by a Wolbachia strain, which was completely absent in healthy caterpillars, suggesting that the strain was transferred to the caterpillars during oviposition by the parasitoids.
conclusionWe conclude that biotic interactions such as parasitism have pronounced effects on the microbiome of an insect host and possibly affect interactions with higher-order insects.
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