The role of Wolbachia and the environment on sex determination of the Indian lac insect, Kerria lacca (Coccoidea: Tachardiidae)

Verma, Sweta; Ramani, R.; Sachan, Ashish; Chandra, Ramesh

doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2022.102019

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“…The study of insect endosymbionts has shown tremendous growth in recent years with the identification of a number of associated microorganisms and their role in the fitness of the host. When antibiotic was administered to lac insects cultured on pumpkin, the sex ratio and time taken for sexual maturity were affected, indicative of the influence of endosymbionts on lac insect development (Verma et al, 2023). Janson et al (2008) pointed out the need for exploring the mutualistic organisms of herbivorous insects, which show an amazing diversity across the food plant range.…”

Section: Enterobacter Cloacaementioning

confidence: 99%

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Culturable Endosymbiotic Bacteria From the Indian Lac Insect, Kerria Lacca (Kerr)

Verma,

Ramani,

Chandra

et al. 2024

Ina.J.For.Res

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The Indian lac insect, Kerria lacca (Kerr) (Coccoidea: Tachardiidae) is a commercially important phytosuccivorous and sessile scale insect. Lac insects are cultured on suitable host plants in India and some Southeast Asian countries to produce lac. The lac insect harbours a number of endosymbionts. Isolation of culturable microbial endosymbionts and their identification through 16S rRNA has revealed sex and host-related differences of microbial species. Bacillus boroniphilus, Enterobacter cloacae and Staphylococcus sp. were found only in the lac insects reared on the plant host Cajanus cajan, whereas Bacillus firmus, Lysinibacillus xylanilyticus, Bacillus horneckiae and Bacillus velezensis were recorded only from Flemingia macrophylla. B. firmus and L. xylanilyticus were female-specific and B. horneckiae and B. velezensis were male-specific with Flemingia macrophylla as host; E. cloacae was female-specific and Bacillus boroniphilus and Staphylococcus sp. were male specific with C. cajan. Biochemical characteristics of the isolates, their genetic relationship with their taxonomic kin and their probable role, based on the information available about these endosymbionts in other hosts, have been studied.

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Section: Enterobacter Cloacaementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Kandasamy et al (2018) reported the endosymbionts in the kusmi form of K. lacca. Wolbachia, well known as a sex distorter found in a number of insect species was recorded in K. lacca also (Vashishtha et al, 2011) and its role in sex determination was revealed (Verma et al, 2023).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%