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Evaluation and entomopathogenicity of gut bacteria associated with dauer juveniles of Oscheius chongmingensis (Nematoda: Rhabditidae)
- Source :
- MicrobiologyOpen, Vol 8, Iss 9, Pp n/a-n/a (2019), MicrobiologyOpen
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2019.
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Abstract
- The nematodes of genus Oscheius are insect parasites with a potential role as biological control agents. The composition of gut microbiota and its potential assistant role in the complex pathogenic mechanism of nematodes have been poorly illustrated. In this study, the intestinal bacteria associated with dauer juveniles of the nematode Oscheius chongmingensis Tumian were classified by 16S rDNA high‐throughput sequencing. The raw reads were assigned to 845 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) after quality filtering. The results showed that the genus Ochrobactrum, with a proportion of 59.82%, was the most abundant genus, followed by 7.13% Bacillus, 4.7% Albidiferax, 4.26% Acinetobacter, and 3.09% Rhodococcus. The two dominant bacteria, Ochrobactrum and Bacillus, were further isolated by culturing on NBTA and LB medium respectively, and then identified as Ochrobactrum tritici and Bacillus cereus by morphological and 16S rDNA sequence analysis. Furthermore, the entomopathogenicity of these two bacterial species was studied. The results showed that O. tritici caused 93.33% mortality within 144 hr in the 4th‐instar larvae of Galleria mellonella treated with 2 × 109 CFU/ml, whereas B. cereus showed 100% mortality at a concentration of 3.3 × 107 CFU/ml within 48 hr. These findings, especially the presence of O. tritici, which had not been found in other nematode species in the genus Oscheius, indicate that the associated nematode O. chongmingensis may have particular utility as a biocontrol agent.<br />The nematodes of genus Oscheius are insect parasites with a potential role as biological control agents. We identified and analyzed the gut bacterial community of the dauer juveniles of O. chongmingensis Tumian.
- Subjects :
- DNA, Bacterial
Rhabditidae
Bacillus cereus
lcsh:QR1-502
Bacillus
entomopathogenicity
Microbiology
DNA, Ribosomal
lcsh:Microbiology
Ochrobactrum
Oscheius chongmingensis Tumian
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Animals
Cluster Analysis
Phylogeny
biology
Bacteria
fungi
Ochrobactrum tritici
high‐throughput sequencing
Original Articles
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Acinetobacter
biology.organism_classification
Survival Analysis
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
Galleria mellonella
Lepidoptera
Nematode
Original Article
Rhabditoidea
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20458827
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- MicrobiologyOpen
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4b733e5709142d03fe44f0c84666ef79