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Isolation of Beauveria bassiana from the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans in the Gran Chaco Region of Argentina: Assessment of Gene Expression during Host–Pathogen Interaction

A native strain of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana (Bb-C001) was isolated from a naturally infected Triatoma infestans, Klug (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) adult cadaver in the Gran Chaco region, Salta province, Argentina. The isolate was both phenotypic and molecularly characterized in a co...

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Autores principales: Baldiviezo, Linda Vanesa, Pedrini, Nicolás, Santana, Marianela, Mannino, María Constanza, Nieva, Lucía Beatriz, Gentile, Alberto, Cardozo, Rubén Marino
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7711898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33053646
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof6040219
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author Baldiviezo, Linda Vanesa
Pedrini, Nicolás
Santana, Marianela
Mannino, María Constanza
Nieva, Lucía Beatriz
Gentile, Alberto
Cardozo, Rubén Marino
author_facet Baldiviezo, Linda Vanesa
Pedrini, Nicolás
Santana, Marianela
Mannino, María Constanza
Nieva, Lucía Beatriz
Gentile, Alberto
Cardozo, Rubén Marino
author_sort Baldiviezo, Linda Vanesa
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description A native strain of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana (Bb-C001) was isolated from a naturally infected Triatoma infestans, Klug (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) adult cadaver in the Gran Chaco region, Salta province, Argentina. The isolate was both phenotypic and molecularly characterized in a context of fungus-insect interaction, by measuring the expression pattern of toxin genes during infection and immune response of T. infestans. The commercial strain GHA of B. bassiana, which was previously used in field interventions to control these vectors, was used as reference in this study. The phylogenetic trees based on both ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and elongation factor 1-alpha (EF1-α) indicated that Bb-C001 fits into a B. bassiana cluster, and the sequence-characterized amplified regions (SCAR) showed that Bb-C001 is different from the GHA strain. There were no differences between both strains regarding viability, radial growth, and conidia production, either in the median survival time or insect mortality. However, Bb-C001 showed a higher expression than GHA of the bassianolide synthetase gene (BbbslS) during infection, and similar levels of the beauvericin synthetase gene (BbbeaS). Immune-related genes of T. infestans nymphs (limpet-2 and defensin-1, -2, and -6) were later expressed and thus insects failed to stop the infection process. These results showed that B. bassiana Bb-C001 is a promised fungal strain to be incorporated in the current biological control programs of T. infestans in Salta province, Argentina.
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spelling pubmed-77118982020-12-04 Isolation of Beauveria bassiana from the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans in the Gran Chaco Region of Argentina: Assessment of Gene Expression during Host–Pathogen Interaction Baldiviezo, Linda Vanesa Pedrini, Nicolás Santana, Marianela Mannino, María Constanza Nieva, Lucía Beatriz Gentile, Alberto Cardozo, Rubén Marino J Fungi (Basel) Article A native strain of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana (Bb-C001) was isolated from a naturally infected Triatoma infestans, Klug (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) adult cadaver in the Gran Chaco region, Salta province, Argentina. The isolate was both phenotypic and molecularly characterized in a context of fungus-insect interaction, by measuring the expression pattern of toxin genes during infection and immune response of T. infestans. The commercial strain GHA of B. bassiana, which was previously used in field interventions to control these vectors, was used as reference in this study. The phylogenetic trees based on both ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and elongation factor 1-alpha (EF1-α) indicated that Bb-C001 fits into a B. bassiana cluster, and the sequence-characterized amplified regions (SCAR) showed that Bb-C001 is different from the GHA strain. There were no differences between both strains regarding viability, radial growth, and conidia production, either in the median survival time or insect mortality. However, Bb-C001 showed a higher expression than GHA of the bassianolide synthetase gene (BbbslS) during infection, and similar levels of the beauvericin synthetase gene (BbbeaS). Immune-related genes of T. infestans nymphs (limpet-2 and defensin-1, -2, and -6) were later expressed and thus insects failed to stop the infection process. These results showed that B. bassiana Bb-C001 is a promised fungal strain to be incorporated in the current biological control programs of T. infestans in Salta province, Argentina. MDPI 2020-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7711898/ /pubmed/33053646 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof6040219 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Baldiviezo, Linda Vanesa
Pedrini, Nicolás
Santana, Marianela
Mannino, María Constanza
Nieva, Lucía Beatriz
Gentile, Alberto
Cardozo, Rubén Marino
Isolation of Beauveria bassiana from the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans in the Gran Chaco Region of Argentina: Assessment of Gene Expression during Host–Pathogen Interaction
title Isolation of Beauveria bassiana from the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans in the Gran Chaco Region of Argentina: Assessment of Gene Expression during Host–Pathogen Interaction
title_full Isolation of Beauveria bassiana from the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans in the Gran Chaco Region of Argentina: Assessment of Gene Expression during Host–Pathogen Interaction
title_fullStr Isolation of Beauveria bassiana from the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans in the Gran Chaco Region of Argentina: Assessment of Gene Expression during Host–Pathogen Interaction
title_full_unstemmed Isolation of Beauveria bassiana from the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans in the Gran Chaco Region of Argentina: Assessment of Gene Expression during Host–Pathogen Interaction
title_short Isolation of Beauveria bassiana from the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans in the Gran Chaco Region of Argentina: Assessment of Gene Expression during Host–Pathogen Interaction
title_sort isolation of beauveria bassiana from the chagas disease vector triatoma infestans in the gran chaco region of argentina: assessment of gene expression during host–pathogen interaction
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7711898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33053646
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof6040219
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