Influence of mating and age on susceptibility of the beetle Anoplophora glabripennis to the fungal pathogen Metarhizium brunneum

Fisher, Joanna J.; Hajek, Ann E.

doi:10.1016/j.jip.2016.04.004

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“…This likely reflects the age of fireflies collected at each time in the season, as fireflies collected earlier in the season are all newly eclosed and young while later collections have a mix of older and younger fireflies. The interaction that we observed between infection and season day is reminiscent of the aging effect seen across the animal kingdom including in other insect species where older individuals are generally more susceptible to infection (Armitage et al, 2003;Armitage & Boomsma, 2010;Fisher & Hajek, 2016;Khan et al, 2016;Lourenço et al, 2019;Park et al, 2011;Pu et al, 2021;Roberts & Hughes, 2014;Sciambra & Chtarbanova, 2021;Zerofsky et al, 2005).…”

Section: Host Factors That Influence Survival Of Infectionmentioning

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Host condition and pathogen identity influence bacterial infection survival in the common eastern firefly, Photinus pyralis

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Gilani

Tuffy

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Ecological Entomology

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1. The degree to which host, pathogen, and environmental characteristics determine fitness outcomes in response to infection across the tree of life is a key question in ecoimmunology. Because infection experiments require large sample sizes and careful controls, studies have generally been limited to lab-adapted organisms.2. Photinus pyralis is a charismatic firefly that is abundant during its annual summer emergence in the Eastern United States. Here, we assess the importance of host condition, pathogen identity and dose, and pre-infection environment on survival outcomes in response to bacterial infection in wild-caught adult male P. pyralis.3. Although survival after sterile saline injection was not statistically different from survival of uninjected controls, survival kinetics support sterile saline injection as the most appropriate control. 4. Serratia marcescens and Providencia rettgeri infections increased mortality, especially at high doses. In contrast to fruit fly studies, Providencia sneebia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterococcus faecalis infections did not. Infection with higher doses of P. rettgeri had an increased risk of death for fireflies caught later in the season than those captured earlier, but seasonality did not significantly interact with dose to impact mortality with any of the other bacterial species.5. These results highlight the importance of considering host, pathogen, and environmental factors when investigating infection outcomes in wild-caught, non-model systems. The differences in survival between fireflies and fruit flies emphasise that further studies in a broad array of organisms are needed to explore the diversity of infection responses across the tree of life.

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Section: Host Factors That Influence Survival Of Infectionmentioning

confidence: 64%

Host condition and pathogen identity influence bacterial infection survival in the common eastern firefly, Photinus pyralis

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Gilani

Tuffy

et al. 2022

Ecological Entomology

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“…Their results suggest that multiple interacting mechanisms are involved in the synergy between M. brunneum and imidacloprid. Furthermore, it appeared that mature and old females of A. glabripennis were more susceptible to M. brunneum than males of equal ages, and more females had detectable fungal blastospores in their hemolymph compared to mature and old males [135]. Also, laboratory conditions demonstrated that M. brunneum -infected A. glabripennis does not exhibit behavioral fever (elevating body temperature by exposing to a heat source to ward off fungal infections [136].…”

Section: Microbial Control Of Invasive Pests With Entomopathogenicmentioning

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Microbial Control of Invasive Forest Pests with Entomopathogenic Fungi: A Review of the Current Situation

Dara¹,

Montalva

Barta

2019

Insects

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The health of the forestlands of the world is impacted by a number of insect pests and some of them cause significant damage with serious economic and environmental implications. Whether it is damage of the North American cypress aphid in South America and Africa, or the destruction of maple trees in North America by the Asian long horned beetle, invasive forest pests are a major problem in many parts of the world. Several studies explored microbial control opportunities of invasive forest pests with entomopathogenic bacteria, fungi, and viruses, and some are successfully utilized as a part of integrated forest pest management programs around the world. This manuscript discusses some invasive pests and the status of their microbial control around the world with entomopathogenic fungi.

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Using Insects as Models of Immunosenescence

Leips

2017

Handbook of Immunosenescence

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Influence of mating and age on susceptibility of the beetle Anoplophora glabripennis to the fungal pathogen Metarhizium brunneum

Cited by 9 publications

References 38 publications

Host condition and pathogen identity influence bacterial infection survival in the common eastern firefly, Photinus pyralis

Host condition and pathogen identity influence bacterial infection survival in the common eastern firefly, Photinus pyralis

Microbial Control of Invasive Forest Pests with Entomopathogenic Fungi: A Review of the Current Situation

Using Insects as Models of Immunosenescence

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