Morphological characterization of insect galls and new records of associated invertebrates in a Cerrado area in Bahia State, Brazil

Abstract In this study, we report the first records and morphological characterization of galls in a Cerrado area in western Bahia, Brazil. The data were collected monthly over two hours between March and September 2015. Fifteen gall morphotypes were found in twelve plant species distributed among seven families. The plant family with the greatest richness of galls was Fabaceae (n = 8). The following gall morphologies were found: globoid, lenticular, marginal leaf roll, conical, cylindrical, fusiform, spherical and pocket shaped. Cecidomyiidae induced globoid, lenticular, conical, fusiform, spherical and cylindrical morphotypes. In addition, species of microhymenoptera belonging to the Eulophidae, Eurytomidae and Encyrtidae families were found. Marginal leaf roll and pocket-shaped galls induced by Thysanoptera were also verified. Springtails were also identified as a successor. Undescribed species of Schizomyia and Lopesia were recorded in B. cupulata and Andira humilis, respectively.

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Characterization of insect galls, gall makers, and associated fauna of Platô Bacaba (Porto de Trombetas, Pará, Brazil)

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/s1676-06032011000400003 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 37-53 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Valéria Cid Maia

Keyword(s):

Plant Species ◽

Associated Fauna ◽

Insect Galls ◽

Plant Family ◽

Galling Insects

Seventy six morphotypes of insect galls were found on 38 plant species and one subspecies distributed among 27 genera and 22 families in Platô Bacaba (Porto de Trombetas, Pará, Brazil). The majority of these galls (about 80%) occurred on leaves and 20% on stems. Burseraceae was the plant family with the greatest number of gall morphotypes (N = 23), followed by Fabaceae (N = 11) and Melastomataceae (N = 6). Protium Burm. f. (N = 17), Inga Miller (N = 8), and Tetragastris Gaertn (N = 6) were the plant genera, and Protium sagotianum Marchand (N = 7), Tetragastris panamensis (N = 6), and Miconia stenostachya DC. (N = 5) were the plant species that supported the highest diversity of galls. The galling inducers belong to Diptera (Cecidomyiidae) and Lepidoptera orders. Galls of Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera and Thysanoptera were not found. This study adds evidences that Diptera (Cecidomyiidae) are the most frequent galling insects in different zoogeographical regions.

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Occurrence and characterization of insect galls in the Floresta Nacional de Silvânia, Brazil

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia ◽

10.11606/0031-1049.2017.57.32 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 57 (32) ◽

pp. 413 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Bárbara Araújo Ribeiro Bergamini ◽

Leonardo Lima Bergamini ◽

Benedito Baptista dos Santos ◽

Walter Santos de Araújo

Keyword(s):

Plant Species ◽

Insect Galls ◽

Systematic Survey ◽

Forest Sites ◽

Main Host ◽

Insect Gall ◽

First Time

In the present paper we investigated the insect gall distribution along savanna and forest sites in the Floresta Nacional de Silvânia, Goiás, Brazil. The insect gall fauna was surveyed bi-monthly between December 2009 and June 2010. In total we found 186 insect gall morphotypes, distributed on 35 botanical families and 61 plant species. Ninety-nine insect gall morphotypes were recorded in the forest and 87 in the savanna. Gall-inducing insects belonged to Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera and Thysanoptera, with highlight to Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) that induced 34.1% of the gall morphotypes. Parasitoids and/or inquilines were recorded in 38 morphotypes, mainly from the families Eulophidae, Eurytomidae and Torymidae (Hymenoptera). Fabaceae was the botanical family with the greatest richness of galls, followed by Asteraceae and Sapindaceae, being Protium (Burseraceae), Siparuna (Siparunaceae) and Serjania (Sapindaceae) the main host genera. This is the first systematic survey of insect galls realized in the Flona-Silvânia, which result in six plant species are recorded for the first time in Brazil as host of insect galls.

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Insect galls of the Floresta da Cicuta (Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil)

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia ◽

10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.24 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 58 ◽

pp. 24

Author(s):

Ismael Cividini Flor ◽

Jandira Chacha Ribeiro Flor ◽

Paulo Sérgio Do Nascimento Furtado

Keyword(s):

Host Plant ◽

Plant Species ◽

Growth And Development ◽

New Records ◽

Plant Tissues ◽

Associated Fauna ◽

Insect Galls ◽

Host Plant Species ◽

Plant Families

Abstract. Insect galls of the Floresta da Cicuta (Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil). Galls are changes in the pattern of growth and development of plant tissues or organs in response to the action of an inducing organism, usually an insect. The goal of the present study was to inventory the insect galls of the Floresta da Cicuta (Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil). The collections were carried out along all the trails, totaling 16 hours of sampling. Forty-three morphotypes of insect galls were found in 24 plant species (18 genera and 15 families). Sapindaceae and Euphorbiaceae were the most richness host plant families. Six new records of host plant species are presented: Senefeldera verticillata (Vell.) Croizat. (Euphorbiaceae), Inga acuminata (Fabaceae), Ocotea elegans (Lauraceae), Ouratea stipulata (Ochnaceae), Psychotria nuda (Rubiaceae) and Cestrum intermedium (Solanaceae). Most of the galls occurred on leaves (n = 21) and stems (n = 18), followed by buds (n = 2), two gall morphotypes occurred simultaneously on leaves and stems. One-chambered galls were more frequent (n = 31), as well as glabrous galls (n = 33). The gallers belong to three insect orders: Diptera (Cecidomyiidae), Hemiptera, and Lepidoptera. The associated fauna comprised parasitoids (Hymenoptera), inquilines (Hemiptera and Coleoptera) and successors (Isoptera and Acari).

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Seven new species ofCichlidogyrusPaperna, 1960 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) parasitizing the gills of Congolese cichlids from northern Lake Tanganyika

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.5604 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. e5604 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Chahrazed Rahmouni ◽

Maarten P.M. Vanhove ◽

Andrea Šimková

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Lake Tanganyika ◽

Male Copulatory Organ ◽

Copulatory Organ ◽

Morphological Characterization ◽

Undescribed Species ◽

Cichlid Species ◽

High Species Richness ◽

Phylogenetic Affinities

Seven new species ofCichlidogyrusPaperna, 1960 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) isolated from the gills of six cichlid host species belonging to four tribes and sampled from the Congolese coastline of Lake Tanganyika (LT) are described:Cichlidogyrus adkoningsisp. nov. fromCyphotilapia frontosa(tribe Cyphotilapiini);C. koblmuellerisp. nov. fromCardiopharynx schoutedeni(Ectodini);C. habluetzelisp. nov. fromC. schoutedeniandC. frontosa;C. antoinepariselleisp. nov. fromInterochromis loocki(Tropheini);C. masilyaisp. nov. fromPetrochromis orthognathus(Tropheini);C. salzburgerisp. nov. fromP. trewavasae, andC. sergemorandisp. nov. fromTylochromis polylepis(Tylochromini). This study represents the first parasitological examination of cyphotilapiine cichlid hosts. Representatives of the Tanganyikan ectodine, tropheine, and tylochromine cichlids previously sampled from various localities in the lake yielded nine, twelve, and two described species ofCichlidogyrus, respectively. The study further includes a morphological characterization of the male copulatory organ of six undescribed species ofCichlidogyrusfound on the gills of the tropheinesI. loockiandP. orthognathus,and on those ofCallochromis melanostigmaandXenotilapia flavipinnis(both Ectodini). Geographical variation in the monogenean fauna ofI. loockiwas observed. The most closely related cichlid species investigated in this study harbouredCichlidogyrusspp. exhibiting some similarities in their sclerotized structures. Thus, our paper provides additional evidence of the high species richness ofCichlidogyrusand the link with their hosts’s phylogenetic affinities in LT.

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Morphological Characterization of Mycobacteriophage R1

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100051281 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 32 ◽

pp. 254-255

Author(s):

B. L. Soloff ◽

T. A. Rado

Keyword(s):

Carbon Source ◽

Stationary Phase ◽

Growth Phase ◽

Minimal Medium ◽

Morphological Characterization ◽

Logarithmic Growth Phase ◽

Complete Lysis ◽

Lysogenic Culture ◽

Logarithmic Growth

Mycobacteriophage R1 was originally isolated from a lysogenic culture of M. butyricum. The virus was propagated on a leucine-requiring derivative of M. smegmatis, 607 leu−, isolated by nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis of typestrain ATCC 607. Growth was accomplished in a minimal medium containing glycerol and glucose as carbon source and enriched by the addition of 80 μg/ ml L-leucine. Bacteria in early logarithmic growth phase were infected with virus at a multiplicity of 5, and incubated with aeration for 8 hours. The partially lysed suspension was diluted 1:10 in growth medium and incubated for a further 8 hours. This permitted stationary phase cells to re-enter logarithmic growth and resulted in complete lysis of the culture.

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Morphological Characterization of Rhinacanthus Species of Sri Lanka

Planta Medica ◽

10.1055/s-0030-1251769 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 76 (05) ◽

Author(s):

APPR Amarasinghe ◽

RP Karunagoda ◽

DSA Wijesundara

Keyword(s):

Sri Lanka ◽

Morphological Characterization

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Density and morphological characterization of bacteria in integrated and exclusive production systems

Scientific Electronic Archives ◽

10.36560/13920201194 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (11) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

A. R. B. Zanco ◽

A. Ferreira ◽

G. C. M. Berber ◽

E. N. Gonzaga ◽

D. C. C. Sabino

Keyword(s):

Bacterial Community ◽

Rainy Season ◽

Production Systems ◽

Cropping System ◽

Morphological Characterization ◽

Native Forest ◽

Exclusive Production ◽

Colony Forming Units

The different integrated production systems can directly interfere with its bacterial community. The present study aimed to assess density, bacterial diversity and the influence of dry and rainy season in different integrated and an exclusive production system. The fallow and a native forest area was assessed to. Samples were collected in 2012 March and September. The isolation were carried out into Petri dishes containing DYGS medium. The number of colony forming units (CFU) was counted after 48 hours and. The bacterial density ranged between 106 and 107 CFU g-1 soil. The crop system affected the dynamics of the bacterial community only in the rainy season. The rainy season showed greater density of total bacteria when compared to the dry period regardless of the cropping system. The dendrograms with 80 % similarity showed thirteen and fourteen groups in the rainy and dry seasons. Isolates with the capacity to solubilize phosphate in vitro were obtained from all areas in the two seasons, but this feature has been prevalent in bacteria isolated during the rainy season

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Characterization of Antibacterial-Producing Endophytic Fungi of Syzygiumpolyanthum Leaves

Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets ◽

10.2174/1871526519666181226123541 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

pp. 448-454

Author(s):

Rahmita Burhamzah ◽

Gemini Alam ◽

Herlina Rante

Keyword(s):

Molecular Characterization ◽

Endophytic Fungi ◽

Morphological Characterization ◽

Test Method ◽

Analysis Method ◽

Nitrogen Base ◽

Rdna Genes ◽

Antibacterial Screening ◽

Planting Method

Background: Endophytic fungi live in plants’ tissue and can produce the same bioactive compounds as its host plant produces. Syzygiumpolyanthum leaves have known to be one of the antibacterial compound producers. Aim and Objective: This study aimed to characterize morphologically, microscopically, and molecularly the antibacterial-producing endophytic fungi of Syzygiumpolyanthum leaves. Methods: The isolation of endophytic fungi was done by fragment planting method on PDA medium. The antibacterial screening was performed using the antagonistic test as the first screening followed by the disc diffusion test method. The morphological characterization was based on isolate’s mycelia color, growth pattern, margin, and surface texture of the colony, while the microscopic characterization was based on its hyphae characteristics. The molecular characterization of the isolate was done by nitrogen base sequence analysis method on nucleotide constituent of ITS rDNA genes of the isolate. Results: The results found that isolate DF1 has antibacterial activity against E.coli, S.aureus, P.acne, and P.aeruginosa, with the greatest inhibition at 10% concentration of broth fermentation extract on S.aureus with a diameter of inhibition of 13.77 mm. Conclusion: Based on macroscopic, microscopic, and molecular characterization, DF1 isolate is similar to Ceriporialacerate.

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Microscopic Image Segmentation and Morphological Characterization of Novel Chitosan/Silica Nanoparticle/Nisin Films Using Antimicrobial Technique for Blueberry Preservation

Membranes ◽

10.3390/membranes11050303 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 303

Author(s):

Rokayya Sami ◽

Schahrazad Soltane ◽

Mahmoud Helal

Keyword(s):

Ph Value ◽

Silica Nanoparticle ◽

Morphological Characterization ◽

Aerobic Bacteria ◽

Nano Materials ◽

Elongation At Break ◽

Stable Suspension ◽

Average Size ◽

Material Ductility

In the current work, the characterization of novel chitosan/silica nanoparticle/nisin films with the addition of nisin as an antimicrobial technique for blueberry preservation during storage is investigated. Chitosan/Silica Nanoparticle/N (CH-SN-N) films presented a stable suspension as the surface loads (45.9 mV) and the distribution was considered broad (0.62). The result shows that the pH value was increased gradually with the addition of nisin to 4.12, while the turbidity was the highest at 0.39. The content of the insoluble matter and contact angle were the highest for the Chitosan/Silica Nanoparticle (CH-SN) film at 5.68%. The use of nano-materials in chitosan films decreased the material ductility, reduced the tensile strength and elongation-at-break of the membrane. The coated blueberries with Chitosan/Silica Nanoparticle/N films reported the lowest microbial contamination counts at 2.82 log CFU/g followed by Chitosan/Silica Nanoparticle at 3.73 and 3.58 log CFU/g for the aerobic bacteria, molds, and yeasts population, respectively. It was observed that (CH) film extracted 94 regions with an average size of 449.10, at the same time (CH-SN) film extracted 169 regions with an average size of 130.53. The (CH-SN-N) film presented the best result at 5.19%. It could be observed that the size of the total region of the fruit for the (CH) case was the smallest (1663 pixels), which implied that the fruit lost moisture content. As a conclusion, (CH-SN-N) film is recommended for blueberry preservation to prolong the shelf-life during storage.

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