Dendroctonus ponderosae

mountain pine beetle

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Dendroctonus

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Dendroctonus ponderosae is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of western North America from Mexico to central British Columbia. It has a hard black exoskeleton, and measures approximately 5 millimetres (1⁄4 in), about the size of a grain of rice.

Host Genome

Scaffold

Genome ID	Level	BUSCO Assessment
GCA_000355655.1	Scaffold	C:96.2%[S:92.2%,D:4.0%],F:1.6%,M:2.2%,n:1367

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Related Symbionts

18 records

Symbiont records associated with Dendroctonus ponderosae

	Classification	Function	Function Tags
Grosmannia clavigera Ascomycota	Fungi	Grosmannia clavigera (Fungi) can detoxify oleoresin terpenoids (conifer-defense chemicals) and utilize them as carbon sources, allowing host insects …	detoxification enzymes
Burkholderia Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Burkholderia is the genus that contained the most genes involved in terpene degradation (via metagenomics) in the gut of Dendroctonus ponderosae, sug…	detoxification enzymes
Grosmannia clavigera Ascomycota	Fungi	Grosmannia clavigera's pathogenicity is likely more important in aiding the mountain pine beetle's (Dendroctonus ponderosae) colonization and develop…	developmental modulation
Pseudomonas Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Pseudomonas is a genus that contained the most genes involved in terpene degradation (via metagenomics) in Dendroctonus ponderosae, suggesting a deto…	detoxification enzymes
Rahnella Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Rahnella is a genus that contained the most genes involved in terpene degradation (via metagenomics) in Dendroctonus ponderosae, suggesting a detoxif…	detoxification enzymes
Rahnella aquatilis Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Rahnella aquatilis decreased the monoterpenes (−)-α-pinene (38%) and (+)-α-pinene (46%) by 40% and 45%, respectively (detoxification) for Dendroctonu…	detoxification enzymes
Serratia Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Serratia is a genus that contained the most genes involved in terpene degradation (via metagenomics) in Dendroctonus ponderosae, suggesting a detoxif…	detoxification enzymes
Grosmannia clavigera Ascomycota	Fungi	Grosmannia clavigera can utilize terpenes as carbon sources, and expresses genes involved in terpene degradation when cultured with plant materials.	digestive enzymes
Grosmannia clavigera Ascomycota	Fungi	Grosmannia clavigera (Fungi) increases the success of the host insect on jack pines by reducing food quality for interspecific competitors.	other
Serritia marcescens Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Serratia marcescens reduced 49–79% of the monoterpenes 3-carene and (−)-\beta-pinene (detoxification) for Dendroctonus ponderosae.	detoxification enzymes
Pseudomonas mandelii Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Pseudomonas mandelii decreased concentrations of all monoterpenes by 15–24% (detoxification) in Dendroctonus ponderosae.	detoxification enzymes
Grosmannia clavigera Ascomycota	Fungi	Grosmannia clavigera (Fungi) produces oxygenated monoterpenes used by parasitoids as host (beetle) location cues.	other
Rahnella aquatilis Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Rahnella aquatilis degraded 20–50% of α-pinene (detoxification) for Dendroctonus ponderosae.	detoxification enzymes
Pseudomonas sp, Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Pseudomonas sp. degraded 20–50% of α-pinene (detoxification) for Dendroctonus ponderosae.	detoxification enzymes
Serratia sp. Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Serratia sp. degraded 20–50% of α-pinene (detoxification) for Dendroctonus ponderosae.	detoxification enzymes
Grosmannia clavigera Ascomycota	Fungi	-
Grosmannia clavigera Ascomycota	Fungi	-
Ophiostoma montium Ascomycota	Fungi	-

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Metagenome Information

0 records

Metagenome sequencing data associated with Dendroctonus ponderosae

Run	Platform	Location	Date	BioProject
No metagenomes found No metagenome records associated with this host species.

Amplicon Information

0 records

Amplicon sequencing data associated with Dendroctonus ponderosae

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

6 records

Research articles related to Dendroctonus ponderosae

Title	Authors	Journal	Year	DOI
Evidence that Ophiostomatoid Fungal Symbionts of Mountain Pine Beetle Do Not Play a Role in Overcoming Lodgepole Pine Defenses During Mass Attack	Fortier, CE; Musso, AE; Evenden, ML; Zaharia, LI; Cooke, JEK	MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS	2024	10.1094/MPMI-06-23-0077-R
Population structure and migration pattern of a conifer pathogen, Grosmannia clavigera, as influenced by its symbiont, the mountain pine beetle	Tsui, CKM; Roe, AD; El-Kassaby, YA ... Bohlmann, J; Hamelin, RC	MOLECULAR ECOLOGY	2012	10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05366.x
Genome and transcriptome analyses of the mountain pine beetle-fungal symbiont Grosmannia clavigera, a lodgepole pine pathogen	DiGuistini, Scott; Wang, Ye; Liao, Nancy Y. ... Bohlmann, Jörg; Breuil, Colette	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences	2011	10.1073/pnas.1011289108
Tree-mediated interactions between the jack pine budworm and a mountain pine beetle fungal associate	Colgan, Lindsay J.; Erbilgin, Nadir	Ecological Entomology	2011	10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01283.x
Effects of water potential and solute on the growth and interactions of two fungal symbionts of the mountain pine beetle	Bleiker, KP; Six, DL	MYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH	2009	10.1016/j.mycres.2008.06.004
Detection of host habitat by parasitoids using cues associated with mycangial fungi of the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae	Adams, A.S.; Six, D.L.	The Canadian Entomologist	2008	10.4039/n07-018

Dendroctonus ponderosae

Host Genome

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Metagenome Information

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Amplicon Information

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