The Effect of Pine Wood Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner and Buhrer) Nickle on Intestinal Bacterial Community of Insect Vector Monochamus saltuarius (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report (Previous Reviewer 1)
Thank you for addressing the aforementioned comments.
Author Response
Response to Reviewer 1 Comments
Dear reviewer:
Thanks very much for your kind letter about the proof of our paper entitled“Effect of Pine Wood Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner & Buhrer) Nickle. on Intestinal Bacterial Community of Insect Vector Monochamus saltuarius (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)”(forests-1957031) for publication in “Forests”. We have finished the proof reading and checking carefully, and some corrections about the proof and the answers to the queries are provided in submit manuscript.
We hope this revised manuscript has addressed your concerns, and look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you and best regards.
Yours sincerely,
Wang Xizhuo
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Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 2 Report (New Reviewer)
this is an important confirmation of the relationships between B. xylophilus and Monochamus saltuarius. interesting paper which deserve to be published
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Author Response
Response to Reviewer 2 Comments
Dear reviewer:
Thanks very much for your kind letter about the proof of our paper entitled“Effect of Pine Wood Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner & Buhrer) Nickle. on Intestinal Bacterial Community of Insect Vector Monochamus saltuarius (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)”(forests-1957031) for publication in “Forests”. All your suggestions were accepted in the revised manuscript.
Best wishes.
Yours truly,
Wang Xizhuo
Point 1: never start a sentence with a pointed letter. Write Bursaphelenchus
Response: Thank you for pointing this out. This section was revised.
Point 2: add systematics.
Response: We have made correction according to the Reviewer’s comments.
Point 3: never start a sentence with a pointed letter; write Monochamus. Response: Thank you for pointing this out. This section was revised.
Point 4: in this case M. saltuarius not in italics
Response: We have made correction according to the Reviewer’s comments.
Point 5: B. xylophilus not in italics
Response: We have made correction according to the Reviewer’s comments.
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
This manuscript is a resubmission of an earlier submission. The following is a list of the peer review reports and author responses from that submission.
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, this work is not ready for publication and this manuscript should be rejected in its current form.
Abstract:
The sentence "Constitute the unique module in the body of the infected M. saltu-24 arius in the co-occurrence network." doesn't read correctly and should be reworded.
Introduction:
The following doesn’t read correctly and should be reworded. “…habitats and food for wildlife, and (in their needles) agents with anticancer, antioxidant, and antimutagenic properties [4].” For example, “habitats” should be singular.
“(Siebold & Zucc.))” does not require a double parenthesis.
“…which is carried by long-horned beetles (Monochamus spp.)” would better be reworded “…which is vectored by long-horned beetles”
The following is a run-on sentence and should be reworded: “The intestinal tract of insects is usually inhabited by bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi and some protozoa, among which bacteria are the most important microbial groups in the intestinal tract of insects, and the bacterial community inhabited in the intestinal tract is often collectively referred to as intestinal flora [8].”
Insects is mentioned twice in the following: “In the long-term evolution process, a unique symbiotic relationship has been formed between the intestinal microorganisms of insects and insects.”
The following sentence, “Although some studies on the intestinal flora of the genus Monochamus have been carried out, there are still problems to be solved.” would be better re-worded: “Although some studies on the intestinal flora of the genus Monochamus have been conducted, knowledge gaps remain.”
The following is not a complete sentence: “To reveal the interaction mechanism between endophyte and host.”
Results:
Figures 1-5 (especially 1 & 2) are filled with very small text and are very hard to read/interpret. The numbers of figures (especially 1 & 2) should be fewer, simplified, and modified for ease of reading and interpretation.
Conclusion:
“Adult” should be singular in the following statement: “In conclusion, we have described the intestinal bacterial communities of adults M. saltuarius, and analyzed the differences in the intestinal bacterial communities according to the B. xylophilus and developmental stage of M. saltuarius.”
Research papers should develop the idea of existing knowledge gaps and make a call (or calls) for future research – not explicitly state what they will do “next” in the researcher group, as is indicated in the following: “Next, we will study the function of these intestinal bacteria.” Function should also be plural.
