LSC: Axenic Culture Collection of Insect Gut Fungi (Harpellales) and Other Symbionts of Arthropods: Incorporating the Isolates into Other Culture Collections

LSC：昆虫肠道真菌（Harpellales）和其他节肢动物共生体的无菌培养物保藏中心：将分离株纳入其他培养物保藏中心

• 批准号: 0737501
• 负责人: Robert Lichtwardt
• 金额: $ 3.61万
• 依托单位: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-07-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0737501&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: LSC; Axenic; Culture; Collection; Insect

Harpellales (Zygomycota, Trichomycetes) are fungal symbionts that live in the hindgut of larval aquatic insects, including lower Diptera (Nematocera) such as black flies, mosquitoes, midges, and five other families, and the larval or nymphal stages of stoneflies (Plecoptera), mayflies (Ephemeroptera) caddisflies (Trichoptera), and rarely in beetle larvae (Coleoptera) and isopods (Isopoda). This worldwide association with insects ranges from commensalistic to mutualistic or parasitic, depending upon the species and the stages of development of both the fungi and their hosts. This unique collection consists of more than 250 isolates representing 8 genera and 43 species, plus more than 44 isolates of currently unidentified species of the largest genus, Smittium. This award provides funds to incorporate the cultures of these unique endosymbionts into collections at other institutions including the USDA, thereby making them available to researchers and teachers well into the future. Information about the collection and links to a book-length monograph on the biology and systematics of Trichomycetes, a worldwide list of references to studies on gut fungi, a constantly updated interactive illustrated key to all species, and a large database that is currently being completed can be found at www.nhm.ku.edu/~fungi.

Harpellales（Zygomycota，Trichomycetes）是生活在水生昆虫幼虫后肠的真菌共生体，包括较低的双翅目（Nematocera），如黑蝇、蚊子、蠓和其他五个科，以及石蝇（Plecoptera）、蜉蝣（Ephemeroptera）、石蛾（Trichoptera）的幼虫或若虫阶段，并且很少生活在甲虫幼虫（Coleoptera）和等足类（Isopoda）中。 这种与昆虫的世界性联系从共生到互利或寄生，取决于真菌及其宿主的物种和发育阶段。这个独特的集合包括代表8属43种的250多个分离株，加上最大的属Smittium的44多个目前尚未确定的物种。该奖项提供资金，将这些独特的内共生体的文化纳入包括美国农业部在内的其他机构的收藏，从而使研究人员和教师能够在未来很好地利用它们。 关于收集和链接到一本书的信息长度的生物学和毛霉菌的系统学专著，一个世界范围内的参考研究肠道真菌，一个不断更新的互动说明关键的所有物种，和一个大型数据库，目前正在完成可以在www.nhm.ku.edu/~fungi。