Oviposition rhythm in Drosophila melanogaster is influenced by acetic acid

Fluegel, Walter

doi:10.1016/0022-1910(81)90007-x

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“…By inference, many of the other adult tissues in which per is expressed may also manifest autonomous or semiautonomous oscillator activity. For example, there is evidence that certain aspects of oogenesis are under circadian control (Allemand 1976(Allemand , 1977Fluegel 1981). From the data shown here, we predict that per mutant alleles influence oogenesis and that this effect might be autonomous to the ovaries.…”

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Spatial and temporal expression of the period gene in Drosophila melanogaster.

Liu¹,

Lorenz²,

Yu³

et al. 1988

Genes Dev.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 78%

Spatial and temporal expression of the period gene in Drosophila melanogaster.

Liu¹,

Lorenz²,

Yu³

et al. 1988

Genes Dev.

151

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“…To date, research on the interaction between microbial fermentation products and Drosophila has been dominated by behavioral studies on the adult fly (Mansourian and Stensmyr, 2015). In particular, acetic acid promotes upwind flight in adults (Becher et al, 2010) and oviposition in mated females (Eisses, 1997; Fluegel, 1981; Joseph et al, 2009) but direct contact with acetic acid is repulsive to adults (Ai et al, 2010; Joseph et al, 2009); these effects are specific to acetic acid, and not driven by other acids tested (Joseph et al, 2009). One possible explanation for these contradictory behavioral responses is that acetic acid is deleterious to adult Drosophila but advantageous for the larvae.…”

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Physiological responses of insects to microbial fermentation products: Insights from the interactions between Drosophila and acetic acid

Kim

Huang

McMullen

et al. 2018

Journal of Insect Physiology

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Acetic acid is a fermentation product of many microorganisms, including some that inhabit the food and guts of Drosophila. Here, we investigated the effect of dietary acetic acid on oviposition and larval performance of Drosophila. At all concentrations tested (0.34-3.4%), acetic acid promoted egg deposition by mated females in no-choice assays; and females preferred to oviposit on diet with acetic acid relative to acetic acid-free diet. However, acetic acid depressed larval performance, particularly extending the development time of both larvae colonized with the bacterium Acetobacter pomorum and axenic (microbe-free) larvae. The larvae may incur an energetic cost associated with dissipating the high acid load on acetic acid-supplemented diets. This effect was compounded by suppressed population growth of A. pomorum on the 3.4% acetic acid diet, such that the gnotobiotic Drosophila on this diet displayed traits characteristic of axenic Drosophila, specifically reduced developmental rate and elevated lipid content. It is concluded that acetic acid is deleterious to larval Drosophila, and hypothesized that acetic acid may function as a reliable cue for females to oviposit in substrates bearing microbial communities that promote larval nutrition.

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“…Flies use olfactory senses to find food sources by sensing both increased ethanol and acetate concentrations (Eisses and Boer, 1995). Increased acetate also promotes oviposition in female D. melanogaster and D. simulans (Fluegel, 1981).…”

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Biological Treatment of Leachates of Microaerobic Fermentation

Alattar

2000

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Microaerobic fermentation (MF) is a process of controlled degradation of organic waste material that occurs in enclosed fermentors under micro-aerobic conditions at near-room temperature. MF processing of vegetal materials progresses to endpoints in about 2-5 weeks. During MF processing, an acidic leachate rich in organic acids and alcohols is produced. The research presented in this thesis focuses on the efficiency of MF preprocessing of feedstock containing fibrous lignocellulosic (FLC) materials; efficiency of microbial and insect larvae-based treatments of MF leachate; tolerance of the Black Soldier fly larvae (BSFL) to various biological inhibitors common in leachate; and effectiveness of using MF and BSFL solid and liquid processing products as agricultural fertilizers. Results indicate that MF is unsuitable for pre-processing of FLC materials.Enhanced MF leachate treatment may increase efficiency of FLC processing though.Leachate can be efficiently treated using BSFL which decrease overall leachate toxicity.

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Oviposition rhythm in Drosophila melanogaster is influenced by acetic acid

Cited by 12 publications

References 10 publications

Spatial and temporal expression of the period gene in Drosophila melanogaster.

Spatial and temporal expression of the period gene in Drosophila melanogaster.

Physiological responses of insects to microbial fermentation products: Insights from the interactions between Drosophila and acetic acid

Biological Treatment of Leachates of Microaerobic Fermentation

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