Insecticide resistance by a host-symbiont reciprocal detoxification

Yuya Sato; Seonghan Jang; Kazutaka Takeshita; Hideomi Itoh; Hideaki Koike; Kanako Tago; Masahito Hayatsu; Tomoyuki Hori; Yoshitomo Kikuchi

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26649-2

Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Insecticide resistance by a host-symbiont reciprocal detoxification

Yuya Sato,
Seonghan Jang,
Kazutaka Takeshita,
Hideomi Itoh,
Hideaki Koike,
Kanako Tago,
Masahito Hayatsu,
Tomoyuki Hori,
Yoshitomo Kikuchi

Affiliations

Yuya Sato: Environmental Management Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Center
Seonghan Jang: Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
Kazutaka Takeshita: Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University
Hideomi Itoh: Bioproduction Research Institute, AIST, Hokkaido Center
Hideaki Koike: Bioproduction Research Institute, AIST, Tsukuba Center
Kanako Tago: Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
Masahito Hayatsu: Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
Tomoyuki Hori: Environmental Management Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Center
Yoshitomo Kikuchi: Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26649-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Insect acquisition of insecticide resistance represents a serious problem for agriculture. Here, authors reveal an insect symbiotic bacteria that degrades insecticide fenitrothion into a non-insecticidal but bactericidal compound, which is subsequently excreted by the insect host.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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