RISB2218 - Mycotypha microspora

Symbiont Classification

Classification

Fungi

Phylum

Mucoromycota

Order

Mucorales

Genus

Mycotypha

Host Classification

Order

-

Family

-

Subfamily

-

Species

Thermobia domestica

Function

Mycotypha microspora (Fungi) is one of two microbial symbionts that mediates the firebrat's aggregation response to the feces of conspecifics.

Other

Localization

Extracellular

Transmission Mode

Horizontal

Geographic Information

Country

Canada

Collection Location

Petri dish traps from various buildings in Vancouver, BC, Canada, and Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Supporting Reference

Firebrats, Thermobia domestica, aggregate in response to the microbes Enterobacter cloacae and Mycotypha microspora

Woodbury, Nathan; Gries, Gerhard

Journal: Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
DOI:
10.1111/eea.12054 (2013)

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Title Host Symbiont Authors Journal Year
Firebrats, Thermobia domestica, aggregate in response to the microbes Enterobacter cloacae and Mycotypha microspora
Thermobia domestica
Enterobacter cloacae
Woodbury, Nathan; Gries, Gerhard
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
2013
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