Reconstruction of Gut Bacteria in Spodoptera frugiperda Infected by Beauveria bassiana Affects the Survival of Host Pest
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Strains, Media, and Insects
2.2. Molecular Identification of the Strains
2.3. The Virulence of Fungi against S. frugiperda
2.4. Analysis and Identification of the Intestinal Bacterial Diversity in the Insects
2.5. Determination of the Influence of the Gut Micro-Organisms of S. frugiperda against B. bassiana
2.6. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Isolation and Identification of B. bassiana
3.2. The Virulence of B. bassiana to S. frugiperda
3.3. Analysis of the Abundance and Diversity of the Gut Bacteria in S. frugiperda
3.4. Analysis of the Abundance and Diversity of the Gut Bacteria at the Genus Level in S. frugiperda
3.5. Prediction of the Microbial Function
3.6. Infection with B. bassiana Increased the S. marcescens’ Abundance in the Gut of S. frugiperda Larvae
3.7. Intestinal Bacteria Influence the Virulence of Beauveria bassiana to Spodoptera frugiperda
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Peng, Y.; Wen, S.; Wang, G.; Zhang, X.; Di, T.; Du, G.; Chen, B.; Zhang, L. Reconstruction of Gut Bacteria in Spodoptera frugiperda Infected by Beauveria bassiana Affects the Survival of Host Pest. J. Fungi 2023, 9, 906. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9090906
Peng Y, Wen S, Wang G, Zhang X, Di T, Du G, Chen B, Zhang L. Reconstruction of Gut Bacteria in Spodoptera frugiperda Infected by Beauveria bassiana Affects the Survival of Host Pest. Journal of Fungi. 2023; 9(9):906. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9090906
Chicago/Turabian StylePeng, Yuejin, Shaohai Wen, Guang Wang, Xu Zhang, Teng Di, Guangzu Du, Bin Chen, and Limin Zhang. 2023. "Reconstruction of Gut Bacteria in Spodoptera frugiperda Infected by Beauveria bassiana Affects the Survival of Host Pest" Journal of Fungi 9, no. 9: 906. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9090906