Lagria villosa is a Tenebrionidae beetle of tropical and subtropical African origin which is invasive in South America. The larva as well as the adult feed off a large variety of crops, among them sorghum, ananas, bananas, coffee, potatoes, corn and peach. It also transmits several bacterial pathogens of the genera Fusarium and Pseudomonas, and is considered a significant crop pest.

Host Genome

No genome information available

Related Symbionts

9 records

Symbiont records associated with Lagria villosa

Classification Function Function Tags Reference
Bacteria

Burkholderia gladioli harbors a cryptic gene cluster that codes for the biosynthesis of gladiofungin, a novel antifungal polyketide with a glutarimid…

antimicrobial activity
Burkholderia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Burkholderia is an ectosymbiont whose removal significantly impairs the survival probability of young Lagria villosa larvae when exposed to pathogeni…

antimicrobial activity
Bacteria

Burkholderia gladioli produces icosalide, an unusual two-tailed lipocyclopeptide antibiotic, which is active against entomopathogenic bacteria, addin…

antimicrobial activity
Bacteria

Burkholderia gladioli inhibits the growth of antagonistic fungi on the host's eggs, indicating that the Lagria-associated Burkholderia have evolved i…

antimicrobial activity
Bacteria

Burkholderia gladioli Lv-StA is involved in antibiotic production in Lagria villosa, representing a dynamic transition between plant pathogenicity an…

antimicrobial activity
Burkholderia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Burkholderia is involved in the provisioning of essential amino acids and/or vitamins.

amino acid provision vitamin supplementation
Bacteria

Burkholderia gladioli provides antifungal protection for the eggs.

antimicrobial activity
Burkholderia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

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Bacteria

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Metagenome Information

0 records

Metagenome sequencing data associated with Lagria villosa

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No metagenomes found

No metagenome records associated with this host species.

Amplicon Information

0 records

Amplicon sequencing data associated with Lagria villosa

Run Classification Platform Location Environment

No amplicons found

No amplicon records associated with this host species.

Related Articles

5 records

Research articles related to Lagria villosa

Title Authors Journal Year DOI
Janke, RS; Kaftan, F; Niehs, SP ... Kaltenpoth, M; Flórez, LV
ISME JOURNAL
2022
10.1038/s41396-022-01311-x
Wierz, JC; Gaube, P; Klebsch, D; Kaltenpoth, M; Flórez, LV
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
2021
10.3389/fmicb.2021.715601
Niehs, SP; Kumpfmüller, J; Dose, B ... Kaltenpoth, M; Hertweck, C
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
2020
10.1002/anie.202005711
Dose, B; Niehs, SP; Scherlach, K ... Kaltenpoth, M; Hertweck, C
ACS CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
2018
10.1021/acschembio.8b00600
Flórez, LV; Scherlach, K; Gaube, P ... Hertweck, C; Kaltenpoth, M
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
2017
10.1038/ncomms15172