Bombyx mori

domestic silk moth

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Bombycidae

Genus

Bombyx

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Bombyx mori is an insect from the moth family Bombycidae. It is the closest relative of Bombyx mandarina, the wild silk moth. The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of a silk moth. It is an economically important insect, being a primary producer of silk. A silkworms preferred food are white mulberry leaves, though they may eat other mulberry species and even the osage orange. Domestic silk moths are entirely dependent on humans for reproduction, as a result of millennia of selective breeding. Wild silk moths (other species of Bombyx) are not as commercially viable in the production of silk.

Host Genome

Genome ID	Level	BUSCO Assessment
-	Chromosome	C:98.6%[S:97.9%,D:0.7%],F:0.1%,M:1.3%,n:1367

Related Symbionts

35 records

Symbiont records associated with Bombyx mori

	Classification	Function	Function Tags
Bacillus subtilis Bacillota	Bacteria	B. subtilis can generate a variety of primary and secondary metabolites, such as B vitamins and antimicrobial compounds, to provide micronutrients an…	Nutrient provision Antimicrobials
Francisella tularensis Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	After infection with F. tularensis, the induction of melanization and nodulation, which are immune responses to bacterial infection, were inhibited i…	Sugar metabolism Immune priming Growth and Development
Staphylococcus gallinarum KX912244 Bacillota	Bacteria	Staphyloxanthin pigment from gut symbiont presented considerable biological properties including in vitro antimicrobial activity against pathogens St…	Antimicrobials
Pseudomonas fulva ZJU1 Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Pseudomonas fulva ZJU1 can degrade and utilize the mulberry-derived secondary metabolite, 1-deoxynojirimycin (DNJ) as the sole energy source, and aft…	Plant secondary metabolites
Mammaliicoccus sciuri Bacillota	Bacteria	could produce a secreted chitinolytic lysozyme (termed Msp1) to damage fungal cell walls，completely inhibit the spore germination of fungal entomopat…	Antimicrobials Fungal farming
silkworm metagenome -	Bacteria	could produce a secreted chitinolytic lysozyme (termed Msp1) to damage fungal cell walls，completely inhibit the spore germination of fungal entomopat…	Antimicrobials Fungal farming
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia -	Bacteria	facilitate host resistance against organophosphate insecticides, provides essential amino acids that increase host fitness and allow the larvae to be…	Nutrient provision Pesticide metabolization
Bacillus pumilus SW41 Bacillota	Bacteria	process a lipase gene and antiviral activity of its protein against B. mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV)	Digestive enzymes Pathogen interaction
Enterococcus faecalis LX1None Bacillota	Bacteria	with anti-N. bombycis activity might play an important role in protecting silkworms from microsporidia	Antimicrobials
Streptomyces Actinomycetota	Bacteria	produce Bombyxamycin A which showed significant antibacterial and antiproliferative effects	Antimicrobials
Stenotrophomonas Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Insecticide resistance against the toxic effects of organophosphate insecticides	Pesticide metabolization
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia SM-1 Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	confer a significant fitness advantage via nutritional (amino acids) upgrading	Nutrient provision
Bacillus pumilus Bacillota	Bacteria	shows potent antiviral activity against the budded virions of Bombyx mori NPV	Antimicrobials
Serratia liquefaciens Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	able to utilize three polysaccharides including CMcellulose, xylan and pectin	Digestive enzymes
Bacillus circulans Bacillota	Bacteria	degradation of cellulose, xylan, pectin and starch	Digestive enzymes
Citrobacter freundii Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	degradation of cellulose, xylan, pectin and starch	Digestive enzymes
Klebsiella pneumoniae Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	degradation of cellulose, xylan, pectin and starch	Digestive enzymes
Proteus vulgaris Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	degradation of cellulose, xylan, pectin and starch	Digestive enzymes
Aeromonas sp. Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	able to utilize the CMcellulose and xylan	Digestive enzymes
Bacillus megaterium Bacillota	Bacteria	producing amylase for starch degradation	Digestive enzymes
Bacillus sp. Bacillota	Bacteria	producing lipase in a gut environment	Digestive enzymes
Brevibacterium Actinomycetota	Bacteria	producing lipase in a gut environment	Digestive enzymes
Corynebacterium Actinomycetota	Bacteria	producing lipase in a gut environment	Digestive enzymes
Klebsiella Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	producing lipase in a gut environment	Digestive enzymes
Staphylococcus Bacillota	Bacteria	producing lipase in a gut environment	Digestive enzymes
Stenotrophomonas Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	producing lipase in a gut environment	Digestive enzymes
Enterococcus mundtii Bacillota	Bacteria	facilitate lactic acid production	Sugar metabolism
Enterococcus mundtii EMB156 Bacillota	Bacteria	efficiently produces lactic acid	Nutrient provision
Alternaria sp. Ascomycota	Fungi	producing cellulase and amylase	Digestive enzymes
Coprinellus radians Basidiomycota	Fungi	producing cellulase and amylase	Digestive enzymes
Enterococcus sp. Bacillota	Bacteria	producing cellulase and amylase	Digestive enzymes
Erwinia sp. Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	producing cellulase and amylase	Digestive enzymes
Pantoea sp. Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	producing cellulase and amylase	Digestive enzymes
Preussia sp. Ascomycota	Fungi	producing cellulase and amylase	Digestive enzymes
Bacillus aryabhattai Bacillota	Bacteria	cellulolytic activity	Digestive enzymes

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Metagenome Information

4 records

Metagenome sequencing data associated with Bombyx mori

Run	Platform	Location	Date	BioProject
SRR29040028 WGS	ILLUMINA Illumina HiSeq 1000	Laos	2021-10/2021-12	PRJNA1111294
SRR24709531 WGS	OXFORD_NANOPORE MinION	India	2017-04	PRJNA724724
SRR24709532 WGS	OXFORD_NANOPORE MinION	India	2017-04	PRJNA724724
SRR24709533 WGS	OXFORD_NANOPORE MinION	India	2017-04	PRJNA724724

Amplicon Information

19 records

Amplicon sequencing data associated with Bombyx mori

Run	Classification	Platform	Location	Environment
SRR27899706 AMPLICON	16S	-	China	-
SRR27899689 AMPLICON	16S	-	China	-
SRR27899690 AMPLICON	16S	-	China	-
SRR27899691 AMPLICON	16S	-	China	-
SRR27899692 AMPLICON	16S	-	China	-
SRR27899693 AMPLICON	16S	-	China	-
SRR27899694 AMPLICON	16S	-	China	-
SRR27899695 AMPLICON	16S	-	China	-
SRR27899696 AMPLICON	16S	-	China	-
SRR27899697 AMPLICON	16S	-	China	-
SRR27899698 AMPLICON	16S	-	China	-
SRR27899699 AMPLICON	16S	-	China	-
SRR27899700 AMPLICON	16S	-	China	-
SRR27899701 AMPLICON	16S	-	China	-
SRR27899702 AMPLICON	16S	-	China	-
SRR27899703 AMPLICON	16S	-	China	-
SRR27899704 AMPLICON	16S	-	China	-
SRR27899705 AMPLICON	16S	-	China	-
SRR21053554 AMPLICON	16S and ITS	-	Kenya 1.13 S 36.53 E	ENVO:02000022 ENVO:00002003

14 records

Research articles related to Bombyx mori

Title	Authors	Journal	Year	DOI
From phyllosphere to insect cuticles: silkworms gather antifungal bacteria from mulberry leaves to battle fungal parasite attacks	Zhao, PF; Hong, S; Li, YK ... Gao, HC; Wang, CS	MICROBIOME	2024	10.1186/s40168-024-01764-6
Gut bacteria of lepidopteran herbivores facilitate digestion of plant toxins	Zhang, Nan; Qian, Zhaoyi; He, Jintao ... Felton, Gary W.; Shao, Yongqi	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences	2024	10.1073/pnas.2412165121
Bacillus symbiont drives alterations in intestinal microbiota and circulating metabolites of lepidopteran host	Li, GN; Zheng, X; Zhu, Y; Long, YH; Xia, XJ	ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY	2022	10.1111/1462-2920.15934
The gut commensal bacterium Enterococcus faecalis LX10 contributes to defending against Nosema bombycis infection in Bombyx mori	Zhang, XC; Feng, HH; He, JT ... Zhang, F; Lu, XM	PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE	2022	10.1002/ps.6846
Gut bacteria of the silkworm Bombyx mori facilitate host resistance against the toxic effects of organophosphate insecticides.	Chen, BS; Zhang, N; Xie, S ... Lu, XM; Shao, YQ	Environment International	2020	10.1016/j.envint.2020.105886
Cellulolytic potential of gut bacterial biomass in silkworm Bombyx mori. L	Pandiarajan, Jeyaraj; Revathy, Kannan	Ecological Genetics and Genomics	2020	10.1016/j.egg.2019.100045
Bombyxamycins A and B, Cytotoxic Macrocyclic Lactams from an Intestinal Bacterium of the Silkworm Bombyx mori	Shin, Yern-Hyerk; Beom, Ji Yoon; Chung, Beomkoo ... Yoon, Yeo Joon; Oh, Dong-Chan	Organic Letters	2019	10.1021/acs.orglett.9b00384
Characterization of a Lipase From the Silkworm Intestinal Bacterium Bacillus pumilus With Antiviral Activity Against Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) Nucleopolyhedrovirus In Vitro	Liu, RH; Wang, WH; Liu, XY ... Zhou, W; Wan, YJ	JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE	2018	10.1093/jisesa/iey111
In Vitro Anticancer Activity of Staphyloxanthin Pigment Extracted from Staphylococcus gallinarum KX912244, a Gut Microbe of Bombyx mori	Barretto, DA; Vootla, SK	INDIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY	2018	10.1007/s12088-018-0718-0
Insect symbionts as valuable grist for the biotechnological mill: an alkaliphilic silkworm gut bacterium for efficient lactic acid production	Liang, XL; Sun, C; Chen, BS ... Lu, XM; Shao, YQ	APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY	2018	10.1007/s00253-018-8953-1
Symbiosis with Francisella tularensis provides resistance to pathogens in the silkworm	Suzuki, J; Uda, A; Watanabe, K; Shimizu, T; Watarai, M	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS	2016	10.1038/srep31476
Isolation and characterization of enzyme-producing bacteria of the silkworm larval gut in bioregenerative life support system	Liang, Xue; Fu, Yuming; Liu, Hong	Acta Astronautica	2015	10.1016/j.actaastro.2015.07.010
Isolation and characterization of lipase-producing bacteria in the intestine of the silkworm,Bombyx mori, reared on different forage	Wei Feng, Xiao-Qiang Wang, Wei Zhou, Guang-Ying Liu, Yong-Ji Wan	Journal of Insect Science	2011	10.1673/031.011.13501
Isolation and characterization of bacteria from the gut of Bombyx mori that degrade cellulose, xylan, pectin and starch and their impact on digestion	Anand, A. Alwin Prem; Vennison, S. John; Sankar, S. Gowri ... Geoffrey, C. Jerome; Vendan, S. Ezhil	Journal of Insect Science (Online)	2010	10.1673/031.010.10701

Core Microbiome Composition

Core microbiome composition is derived from available metagenomic and amplicon sequencing data, calculated based on the relative abundance and coverage of symbionts across different samples. The representativeness of this analysis may vary depending on the number of available samples and should be considered as a reference guide. See calculation details in Help documentation