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ISME JOURNAL
卷 16, 期 7, 页码 1831-1842出版社
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-022-01237-4
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- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2019YFD1002102]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [32072460]
- Guangdong Province Natural Science Foundation [2019A1515012201]
- Guangdong Special Branch Plan for Young Talent with Scientific and Technological Innovation [2019TQ05N158]
There is a mutualistic relationship between Penicillium and Bactrocera dorsalis, as insect behaviors facilitate the entry of fungal pathogens into fruits and fungal pathogens promote the fitness of insects. Penicillium can take advantage of the openings left by ovipositors of flies, and contaminated flies can spread the fungus to new sites. Additionally, the volatile emissions from fungi attract gravid flies to lay eggs at the infected site.
Penicillium and Bactrocera dorsalis (oriental fruit fly, Hendel) are major pathogens and pests of citrus fruits, as both of them can cause detrimental losses in citrus production. However, their interaction in the cohabitation of citrus fruits remains elusive. In this study, we revealed a mutualistic relationship between Penicillium and B. dorsalis. We found that insect behaviors can facilitate the entry of fungal pathogens into fruits, and fungal pathogens promote the fitness of insects in return. More specifically, Penicillium could take advantage of the openings left by ovipositors of flies, and adult flies contaminated with Penicillium could spread the fungus to new sites. Moreover, the volatile emissions from fungi could attract gravid flies to the infected site for egg laying. The fungus and B. dorsalis were able to establish mutual interaction, as revealed by the presence of Penicillium DNA in intestinal tracts of flies throughout all larval stages. The fungal partner seemed to promote the emergence rate and shorten the emergence duration of the flies by providing pyridoxine, one of the B group vitamins. Different from previously reported scenarios of strong avoidance of Drosophila and attraction of Aedes aegypti toward Penicillium, our findings unveil a hitherto new paradigm of the mutualism between Penicillium and B. dorsalis, by which both insect and fungus earn benefits to facilitate their propagation.
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