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Acetic Acid Bacteria as Symbionts of Insects

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Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are being increasingly described as associating with different insect species that rely on sugar-based diets. AAB have been found in several insect orders, among them Diptera, Hemiptera, and Hymenoptera, including several vectors of plant, animal, and human diseases. AAB have been shown to associate with the epithelia of different organs of the host, they are able to move within the insect’s body and to be transmitted horizontally and vertically. Here, we review the ecology of AAB and examine their relationships with different insect models including mosquitoes, leafhoppers, and honey bees. We also discuss the potential use of AAB in symbiont-based control strategies, such as “Trojan-horse” agents, to block the transmission of vector-borne diseases.

Expertise: Ecology of insect–microbe symbiosis (Crotti E., Chouaia B., Alma A., Daffonchio D.), Tropical diseases, Symbiosis and symbiont-based control strategies (Favia G.), Molecular biology of symbiosis in insects (Bandi C.), Insect genetics, Symbiosis and applications (Bourtzis K.)

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E.C. acknowledges personal support from “Piano Sviluppo UNIMI: Linea B-Dotazione annuale per attività istituzionale” in the project “Acetic acid bacteria cell factories”.

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  1. DeFENS, Department of Food Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, University of Milan, Via Celoria 2, 20133, Milan, Italy

    Elena Crotti, Bessem Chouaia & Daniele Daffonchio

  2. Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 5142 Comstock Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

    Bessem Chouaia

  3. DiSAFA, Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Turin, via Leonardo Da Vinci, 44, 10095, Grugliasco, Italy

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  4. School of Bioscience and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Via Gentile III Da Varano, 62032, Camerino, Italy

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    Claudio Bandi

  6. Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria

    Kostas Bourtzis

  7. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), BESE, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Daniele Daffonchio

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Crotti, E. et al. (2016). Acetic Acid Bacteria as Symbionts of Insects. In: Matsushita, K., Toyama, H., Tonouchi, N., Okamoto-Kainuma, A. (eds) Acetic Acid Bacteria. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55933-7_5

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