Can endosymbionts alter climate change resilience in insects?

内共生体可以改变昆虫的气候变化适应能力吗？

• 批准号: FT200100025
• 负责人: Dr Belinda van Heerwaarden
• 金额: $ 58.77万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2021-01-18 至 2026-01-17
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT200100025
• 关键词: endosymbionts; alter; climate; change; resilience

This project aims to establish whether endosymbionts alter climate change vulnerability and investigate the potential for endosymbionts to be used as a tool to modify climate change resilience in insects. Heritable endosymbionts – microscopic bacteria living exclusively within host cells – are widespread in insects. A handful of studies indicate that endosymbionts may influence the thermal tolerance of their host, yet whether they alter the upper thermal limits and climate change risk of insects is unknown. This fellowship will provide a greater understanding of the consequences of climate change on species persistence, as well as opening up avenues to utilise endosymbionts as a tool to manipulate the climate change resilience of insects.

本项目旨在确定内共生体是否会改变气候变化的脆弱性，并研究内共生体作为一种工具来改变昆虫的气候变化适应能力的潜力。可遗传的内共生体——只生活在宿主细胞内的微小细菌——在昆虫中广泛存在。少量研究表明，内共生体可能会影响寄主的耐热性，但它们是否会改变昆虫的热上限和气候变化风险尚不清楚。这项研究将使人们更深入地了解气候变化对物种持久性的影响，并为利用内共生体作为控制昆虫气候变化适应能力的工具开辟道路。