Yeasts Associated with Coleopteran Beetles in Forest

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  • Endoh Rikiya
    Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute BioResource Center, RIKEN

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  • 森林甲虫と酵母
  • シンリン カブトムシ ト コウボ

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Diverse array of yeasts are associated with Coleopteran beetles in forest. Some yeasts are apparently involved in the life history of beetles, albeit with less scientific attention compared to those for associated filamentous fungi. Thus, yeasts must be important but neglected members inhabiting in the forest ecosystems. In the present review, yeasts associated with Coleopteran beetles in forest are introduced. Nine families and one group of Coleoptera (i.e., Buprestidae, Bostrychidae, Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae, Lucanidae, Nitidulidae, Platypodidae, Rhynchophoridae, Scolytidae, and fungus beetles) of interest are selected and discussed in the context of yeast-beetle symbiosis. Research on yeasts found in natural environment including beetle-associated groups has mainly been weighted on classification, identification and species description. As molecular methods have been developed and as genetic information is increasingly deposited in sequence databases, yeast species discrimination has been getting much easier. Together with these progresses, research on yeasts found from beetles and beetle-associated sources will provide a more comprehensive picture of the nature of the association.

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