Most dominant roles of insect gut bacteria: digestion, detoxification, or essential nutrient provision?

• Published in: Microbiome Vol. 8; no. 1; p. 38
• Main Authors: Jing, Tian-Zhong, Qi, Feng-Hui, Wang, Zhi-Ying
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 16.03.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Amino acids; Anal secretion; Analysis; Animals; Bacteria; Bacteria - classification; Bacteria - metabolism; Bacteroidetes - classification; Beetles; Cellulose; Community pathway maps; Detoxification; Digestion; Enzymes; Feces; Feces - microbiology; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; Gastrointestinal Tract - microbiology; Genetic research; Genomes; Genomics; Insects; Intestinal microflora; Intestine bacterial community; Metabolites; Microbial drug resistance; Microbiota; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Multiple factor analysis; Nutrients - metabolism; Phylogeny; Physiological aspects; Physiology; Poplar-and-willow borer; Proteins; Proteobacteria; Proteobacteria - classification; Proteomics; RNA; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Studies; Weevils; Weevils - microbiology; Weevils - physiology; Anal secretion; Poplar-and-willow borer; Multiple factor analysis; Community pathway maps; Intestine bacterial community

The insect gut microbiota has been shown to contribute to the host's digestion, detoxification, development, pathogen resistance, and physiology. However, there is poor information about the ranking of these roles. Most of these results were obtained with cultivable bacteria, whereas the bacter...