Insects and their beneficial microbes / Angela E. Douglas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Douglas, A. E. (Angela Elizabeth), 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microorganisms.

Insects--Molecular aspects.

Insects.

Symbiosis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.) : 70 b/w illus. 13 tables.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N. J. : Princeton University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A comprehensive overview of symbiotic relationships between insects and microbesInsects and Their Beneficial Microbes is an authoritative and accessible synthesis of insect associations with beneficial microorganisms. Angela Douglas distills the vast literature in entomology and microbiology, as well as the burgeoning microbiome literature, to explore the full scope of insect-microbial interactions and their applications to real-world problems in agriculture and medicine.Douglas investigates how insects acquire and support their microbial partners, and examines how microorganisms contribute to insect nutrition, the defense against natural enemies, and the detoxification of natural allelochemicals and chemical insecticides. She analyzes how beneficial microbes can be harnessed to solve real-world problems in insect pest management, including strategies to suppress the transmission of viruses and microbial disease agents by mosquitoes and other insects. She also addresses the use of insects as biomedical models for effective microbial therapies treating a range of chronic human diseases, and considers how knowledge of insect-microbial interactions can promote the health of beneficial insects, especially in the context of environmental pollutants and climate change.Insects and Their Beneficial Microbes provides a much-needed conceptual framework for the growing discipline of insect-microbial interactions, and offers a wealth of insights into insect symbioses from molecular, physiological, ecological, and evolutionary perspectives.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction: The Diversity of Insects and Their Microbial Symbionts

1.1 Naming the partners

1.2 Insect habitats for microorganisms

1.3 Insect associations with beneficial microorganisms

1.4 How this book is structured

2. The Diversity of Insect-Microbial Associations

2.1 Ectosymbioses

2.2 Gut symbioses

2.3 Endosymbioses

2.4 The dorsal organs of lagriine beetles

2.5 Summary

3. How Insects Acquire and Control Their Microbial Symbionts

3.1 Environmental microorganisms acquired by insects

3.2 Microbes acquired from other insects

3.3 Routes of horizontal transmission in microorganisms with high vertical transmission rates

3.4 The localization and abundance of endosymbionts in insects

3.5 Determinants of the composition of the insect gut microbiome

3.6 Microbial populations through host development

3.7 Summary

4. Microbial Services

4.1 Microbial degradation of complex biopolymers in the insect diet

4.2 Microbial contributions to insect nitrogen nutrition

4.3 B vitamin provisioning

4.4 Sterol provisioning

4.5 Microbial protection against natural enemies

4.6 Microbial detoxification of dietary toxins and insecticidal chemicals

4.7 Microorganisms and insect behavior

4.8 Microorganisms and insect tolerance of abiotic conditions

4.9 Summary

5. Harnessing Microbial Symbionts to Manage Insect Pests and Vectors of Disease

5.1 Native microorganisms

5.2 Heterologous microorganisms

5.3 Engineered microorganisms

5.4 Targeting required microbial symbionts and their interactions with the insect host

5.5 Outlook

5.6 Summary

6. The Insect Microbiome as a Biomedical Model

6.1 Insect model systems

6.2 The interface between the gut microbiota and the Drosophila gut

6.3 The gut microbiota and immune function.

6.4 The gut microbiome and metabolic health

6.5 The gut microbiome, nervous system function, and behavior

6.6 Summary

7. Priorities for the Study of Insect-Microbial Associations

7.1 Reinvigorating the microbiology of insect-microbial associations

7.2 Modes of interaction between insects and microorganisms

7.3 Managing microbiomes for insect health

7.4 Concluding comments

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691236230

0691236232

OCLC:

1311334294