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Role of symbiotic bacteria in insect body color formation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K15399
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Insect science
Research InstitutionNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

Moriyama Minoru  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, 生命工学領域, 主任研究員 (30727251)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Keywords共生細菌 / カロテノイド / 昆虫 / 体色
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Molecular and biochemical mechanisms of the relationship of symbiotic bacteria to insect color formation were investigated using a stinkbug Plautia stali, which has green cryptic coloration, and its gut-symbiotic bacterium. The fact that the host insect achieves green coloration by using symbiont-producing pigments was demonstrated by experimental approaches, including biochemical analyses with mass spectrometry,symbiont replacement, manipulation of the symbiont genome, and culture of the symbiotic organ. This finding advocated a new evolutionary pathway underlying animal diversity.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

動物の体色は隠蔽や擬態、体温調節、種間/種内認識など、多様な環境に適応する上で重要な役割をになう。とりわけ昆虫類は、さまざまな種類の色素を体色形成に利用しており、それが色彩、紋様、適応戦略などにおける多様性の基盤となっている。こうした多様な色彩の背景にどのような分子・生理メカニズムがあるのか、またそのしくみがどのような過程を経て進化してきたかを理解することは、進化生物学における重要な課題である。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Recurrent symbiont recruitment from fungal parasites in cicadas.2018

    • Author(s)
      Matsuura, Y., Moriyama, M., Lukasik, P., Vanderpool, D., Tanahashi, M., Meng, X. Y., McCutcheon, J. P., Fukatsu T.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

      Volume: 115 Issue: 26

    • DOI

      10.1073/pnas.1803245115

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] セミの共生微生物について2018

    • Author(s)
      森山実
    • Journal Title

      CICADA

      Volume: 25 Pages: 26-26

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Aseptic rearing procedure for the stinkbug Plautia stali (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) by sterilizing food-derived bacterial contaminants2017

    • Author(s)
      Nishide Yudai、Onodera Naoko T.、Tanahashi Masahiko、Moriyama Minoru、Fukatsu Takema、Koga Ryuichi
    • Journal Title

      Applied Entomology and Zoology

      Volume: 52 Issue: 3 Pages: 407-415

    • DOI

      10.1007/s13355-017-0495-y

    • NAID

      40021280318

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A Novel, Extremely Elongated, and Endocellular Bacterial Symbiont Supports Cuticle Formation of a Grain Pest Beetle2017

    • Author(s)
      Hirota Bin、Okude Genta、Anbutsu Hisashi、Futahashi Ryo、Moriyama Minoru、Meng Xian-Ying、Nikoh Naruo、Koga Ryuichi、Fukatsu Takema
    • Journal Title

      mBio

      Volume: 8 Issue: 5

    • DOI

      10.1128/mbio.01482-17

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Small genome symbiont underlies cuticle hardness in beetles2017

    • Author(s)
      Anbutsu Hisashi、Moriyama Minoru、Nikoh Naruo、Hosokawa Takahiro、Futahashi Ryo、Tanahashi Masahiko、Meng Xian-Ying、Kuriwada Takashi、Mori Naoki、Oshima Kenshiro、Hattori Masahira、Fujie Manabu、Satoh Noriyuki、Maeda Taro、Shigenobu Shuji、Koga Ryuichi、Fukatsu Takema
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

      Volume: 114 Issue: 40

    • DOI

      10.1073/pnas.1712857114

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] 腸内共生細菌がつくるカメムシの 緑体色2019

    • Author(s)
      森山実,深津武馬
    • Organizer
      第63回日本応用動物昆虫学会大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Gut symbiotic bacteria confer insect body pigmentation2018

    • Author(s)
      MInoru Moriyama
    • Organizer
      1st AsiaEvo Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] カメムシのメス特異的に発達する共生組織に発現するタンパク質の解析2018

    • Author(s)
      森山実、林俊成、深津武馬
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会第89回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] クヌギカメムシが産生する卵保護物質の分子・生化学基盤の解明2018

    • Author(s)
      森山実・深津武馬
    • Organizer
      第62回日本応用動物昆虫学会大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 昆虫類の環境適応に関する生態、生理、生化学的研究2017

    • Author(s)
      森山実
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会第88回大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] カメムシの休眠にともなう体色変化の分子基盤2017

    • Author(s)
      森山実
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会第88回大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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