Dendroctonus rufipennis, the spruce beetle, is a species of bark beetle native to British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Northern Manitoba, the Yukon, Alaska, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Maine. They are known to destroy forests of spruce trees including Engelmann, White, Sitka, and Colorado blue spruce. Adults average 4 to 7 mm in length.

Host Genome

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Related Symbionts

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Symbiont records associated with Dendroctonus rufipennis

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Fungi

Leptographium abietinum inoculation significantly reduces concentrations of the tree defensive compound, (+)-3-carene, in growth media.

detoxification enzymes
Fungi

Leptographium abietinum inoculation significantly reduces concentrations of the tree defensive compound, (+)-4-carene, in growth media.

detoxification enzymes
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Metagenome sequencing data associated with Dendroctonus rufipennis

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Amplicon sequencing data associated with Dendroctonus rufipennis

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