RISB1577 - Monacrosporium ambrosium

Symbiont Classification

Classification

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Order

Hypocreales

Genus

Fusarium

Host Classification

Subfamily

Scolytinae

Function

provides not only the food and sterol skeleton necessary for the development of the beetle during its larval stages, but also serves as a producer of fungal inhibitors pigmented naphthoquinones that help to preserve the purity of the fungal garden of host

Nutrient provision Antimicrobials Fungal farming

Localization

Extracellular

Transmission Mode

No transmission mode information available

Supporting Reference

Naphthoquinone Metabolites Produced by Monacrosporium ambrosium, the Ectosymbiotic Fungus of Tea Shot-Hole Borer, Euwallacea fornicatus, in Stems of Tea, Camellia sinensis

Kehelpannala, C; Kumar, NS; Jayasinghe, L; Araya, H; Fujimoto, Y

Journal: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

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Related Publications

5 records

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Title Host Symbiont Authors Journal Year
Euwallacea fornicatus
Monacrosporium ambrosium
Kehelpannala, C; Kumar, NS; Jayasinghe, L; Araya, H; Fujimoto, Y
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
2018
Euwallacea fornicatus
Fusarium akasia
Lynn, KMT; Wingfield, MJ; Durán, A ... de Beer, ZW; Barnes, I
MYCOLOGIA
2021
Euwallacea fornicatus
Fusarium euwallaceae
Blaz, J; Barrera-Redondo, J; Vázquez-Rosas-Landa, M ... Pérez-Torres, CA; Ibarra-Laclette, E
LIFE-BASEL
2018
Euwallacea fornicatus
Fusarium sp.
Li, Y; Gu, XY; Kasson, MT ... Rabaglia, RJ; Hulcr, J
FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST
2016
Euwallacea fornicatus
Acremonium
Carrillo, D; Cruz, LF; Kendra, PE ... De Grave, C; Cooperband, MF
Insects
2016
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