New insight into the bark beetle ips typographus bacteriome reveals unexplored diversity potentially beneficial to the host

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Ips typographus (European spruce bark beetle) is the most destructive pest of spruce forests in Europe. As for other animals, it has been proposed that the microbiome plays important roles in the biology of bark beetles. About the bacteriome, there still are many uncertainties regarding the taxonomical composition, insect-bacteriome interactions, and their potential roles in the beetle ecology. Here, we aim to deep into the ecological functions and taxonomical composition of I. typographus associated bacteria.
This research was cofounded by Czech Science Foundation (GAČR), grant number GAČR-Senior 19-09072 S and the Regional Government of Castile and Leon (Escalera de Excelencia CLU-2018-04), co-funded by the Operational Program of the European Regional Development Fund for Castile and Leon 2014–2020. E.P.-A. received a grant co-financed by the Regional Government of Castille and Leon and the FEDER funds. Z.S-S also received a grant co-financed by the European NextGenerationEU, Spanish “Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia”, Spanish Ministry of Universities, and University of Salamanca (“Ayudas para la recualificación del sistema universitario español 2021–2022”)