Dactylopius coccus

cochineal

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Dactylopiidae

Genus

Dactylopius

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Dactylopius coccus is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the natural dye carmine is derived. A primarily sessile parasite native to tropical and subtropical South America through North America (Mexico and the Southwest United States), this insect lives on cacti in the genus Opuntia, feeding on plant moisture and nutrients. The insects are found on the pads of prickly pear cacti, collected by brushing them off the plants, and dried.

Host Genome

Contig

Genome ID	Level	BUSCO Assessment
GCA_000833685.1	Contig	C:3.7%[S:2.1%,D:1.6%],F:0.9%,M:95.4%,n:1367

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Related Symbionts

9 records

Symbiont records associated with Dactylopius coccus

	Classification	Function	Function Tags
Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum may catabolize plant polysaccharides, and is active in carbon and nitrogen provisioning through its degrada…	nitrogen fixation amino acid provision carbohydrate metabolism
Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum NFDCM Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum NFDCM compensates for nitrogen deficiency in the cochineal diet, may provide essential amino acids, recycle…	nitrogen fixation amino acid provision
Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum NFDO Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum NFDO compensates for nitrogen deficiency in the cochineal diet, may provide essential amino acids, recycles…	nitrogen fixation amino acid provision
Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum compensates for nitrogen deficiency in the cochineal diet, may provide essential amino acids, recycles uric…	nitrogen fixation amino acid provision
Spiroplasma ixodetis DCF Mycoplasmatota	Bacteria	Spiroplasma ixodetis DCF uses the T4SS to interact with Dactylopius cells, showing strong interaction and molecular signaling in the symbiosis.	other
Spiroplasma ixodetis DCM Mycoplasmatota	Bacteria	Spiroplasma ixodetis DCM uses the T4SS to interact with Dactylopius cells, showing strong interaction and molecular signaling in the symbiosis.	other
Spiroplasma ixodetis DO Mycoplasmatota	Bacteria	Spiroplasma ixodetis DO uses the T4SS to interact with Dactylopius cells, showing strong interaction and molecular signaling in the symbiosis.	other
gut fungi -	Fungi	Gut fungi (metagenome) help in the nitrogen recycling process in Dactylopius by uricolysis.	nitrogen fixation
Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	-

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Metagenome Information

4 records

Metagenome sequencing data associated with Dactylopius coccus

Run	Platform	Location	Date	BioProject
SRR12513790 WGS	ILLUMINA Illumina HiSeq 2500	Mexico 18.990361 N 99.117389 W	2017-02	PRJNA658779
SRR3480635 WGS	ILLUMINA Illumina HiSeq 2000	Mexico 18.990361 N 99.117389 W	2012	PRJNA291435
SRR3480636 WGS	LS454 454 GS FLX+	Mexico 18.990361 N 99.117389 W	2011	PRJNA291435
SRR3480637 WGS	LS454 454 GS FLX+	Mexico 18.990361 N 99.117389 W	2011	PRJNA291435

Amplicon Information

0 records

Amplicon sequencing data associated with Dactylopius coccus

Run	Classification	Platform	Location	Environment
No amplicons found No amplicon records associated with this host species.

5 records

Research articles related to Dactylopius coccus

Title	Authors	Journal	Year	DOI
Functional genomics of a Spiroplasma associated with the carmine cochineals Dactylopius coccus and Dactylopius opuntiae	León, AVP; Dominguez-Mirazo, M; Bustamante-Brito, R ... Rosenblueth, M; Martínez-Romero, E	BMC GENOMICS	2021	10.1186/s12864-021-07540-2
Metatranscriptomic Analysis of the Bacterial Symbiont Dactylopiibacterium carminicum from the Carmine Cochineal Dactylopius coccus (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Dactylopiidae)	Bustamante-Brito, R; de León, AVP; Rosenblueth, M; Martínez-Romero, JC; Martínez-Romero, E	LIFE-BASEL	2019	10.3390/life9010004
Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum, a Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiont of Dactylopius Cochineal Insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Dactylopiidae)	de Leon, AVP; Ormeño-Orrillo, E; Ramírez-Puebla, ST ... Martínez-Romero, J; Martínez-Romero, E	GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION	2017	10.1093/gbe/evx156
Fungal Community Associated with Dactylopius (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Dactylopiidae) and Its Role in Uric Acid Metabolism	de León, AVP; Sanchez-Flores, A; Rosenblueth, M; Martínez-Romero, E	FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY	2016	10.3389/fmicb.2016.00954
Molecular phylogeny of the genus Dactylopius (Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae) and identification of the symbiotic bacteria	Ramírez-Puebla, ST; Rosenblueth, M; Chávez-Moreno, CK ... Tecante, A; Martínez-Romero, E	ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY	2010	10.1603/EN10037