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Tolerance of Drosophila Flies to Ibotenic Acid Poisons in Mushrooms
- Source :
- Journal of Chemical Ecology. 33:311-317
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2006.
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Abstract
- The mushroom genus Amanita has a spectrum of chemical compounds affecting survival and performance of animals. Ibotenic acid is one of such compounds found in some Amanita mushrooms. We studied the effects of ibotenic acid and its derivative, muscimol, on egg-to-pupa survival, pupation time, and pupal size in five Drosophila species (Diptera: Drosophilidae), Drosophila bizonata, Drosophila angularis, Drosophila brachynephros, Drosophila immigrans, and Drosophila melanogaster. The first three species are mycophagous and use a wide range of mushrooms for breeding, whereas D. immigrans and D. melanogaster are frugivorous. We reared fly larvae on artificial medium with 500, 250, 125, and 62.5 microg/ml of ibotenic acid and/or musimol. The three mycophagous species were not susceptible to ibotenic acid, whereas the two frugivorous species were affected. In experiments with D. melanogaster, muscimol was less toxic than ibotenic acid.
- Subjects :
- Amanita
animal structures
Mushroom Poisoning
Biochemistry
chemistry.chemical_compound
Species Specificity
Drosophilidae
Botany
Melanogaster
Animals
Body Size
Ibotenic Acid
Drosophila
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Mushroom
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
biology
Muscimol
fungi
Pupa
General Medicine
biology.organism_classification
chemistry
Larva
Drosophila melanogaster
Ibotenic acid
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15731561 and 00980331
- Volume :
- 33
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Chemical Ecology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1131cd4fc75923115486885a2269e3b4