Symposium

17. Social Insects

[17-2] From Digestion to Microbiome-Driven Behavior: Gut Functions and Symbiosis in Social Insects

Mon. Aug 26, 2024 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM Room 509

Chair: Gaku Tokuda (University of the Ryukyus), Nathan Lo (The University of Sydney), Eyal Privman (University of Haifa), Ryo Miyazaki (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

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1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

[17-2-01] Endogenous digestive system in termites

*Hirofumi Watanabe¹, Gaku Tokuda², Nathan Lo³ (1. National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (Japan), 2. Tropical Biosphere Research Center, The University of Ryukyus (Japan), 3. Department of Biology, The University of Sydney (Australia))

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

[17-2-02] Unexpectedly diverse symbiotic protist community of Reticulitermes tibialis: Implications for symbiont inheritance and coevolution

*Gillian Gile¹ (1. Arizona State University (United States of America))

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

[17-2-03] Disrupting a long-standing symbiotic relationship: artificial manipulation of protist community composition in termite gut and its effects on host traits

*Tatsuya Inagaki¹, Corrie Moreau¹ (1. Department of Entomology, Cornell University (United States of America))

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

[17-2-04] Diverse and complex cellular symbioses between cellulolytic protists and prokaryotes in the termite gut

*Yuichi Hongoh¹ (1. Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan))

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

[17-2-05] Bioprospecting the higher termite (Termitidae) gut digestion system for improved lignocellulose utilisation

*Magdalena Calusinska^1,2, Martyna Marynowska¹, Marie Bertucci¹, Xavier Goux¹, David Sillam-Dusses³, Yves Roisin⁴, Michelle O´Malley² (1. Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (Luxembourg), 2. University of California Santa Barbara (United States of America), 3. University Sorbonne Paris Nord (France), 4. Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium))

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

[17-2-06] Complete genomes reconstructed with HiFi metagenomic reveal the function of the dominant gut bacteria of a Nasute termite

Anna Prokhorova¹, Vera Emilianenko¹, Soma Barawi¹, Simon Hellemans¹, Gaku Tokuda², *Thomas Bourguignon¹ (1. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (Japan), 2. University of the Ryukyus (Japan))

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

[17-2-07] Unraveling the potential of unexplored internal and external microbial symbionts of the xylophagous termite Sphaerotermes

*Anna Prokhorova^1,2, Aleš Buček ^4,2, Jan Šobotník³, Thomas Bourguignon² (1. Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry (Czech Republic), 2. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) (Japan), 3. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU) (Czech Republic), 4. Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology (Czech Republic))

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

[17-2-08] Termite bioreactors and rock & roll ants: exploring the ecology, evolution, and function of fungus-farming insects

*Hongjie Li¹ (1. Ningbo University (China))

Coffee Break (3:30 PM - 4:15 PM)

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

[17-2-09] Nutritional symbiosis: elucidating the role of gut microbiota in the herbivorous ant Dolichoderus thoracicus

Tzu-Chia Chen^1,2, Yi-Ting Fang¹, Chung-Chi Lin³, *Shu-Ping Tseng¹ (1. Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University (Taiwan), 2. Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside (United States of America), 3. Department of Biology, National Changhua University of Education (Taiwan))

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

[17-2-10] Fungal infection alters collective nutritional intake of ant colonies

*Enikő Csata^1,2, Alfonso Pérez-Escudero³, Jürgen Heinze², Stephen Simpson⁵, Sylvia Cremer⁴, Audrey Dussutour³ (1. Museum and Institute of Zoology (Poland), 2. University of Regensburg (Germany), 3. Université de Toulouse (France), 4. ISTA (Austria), 5. The University of Sydney (Australia))

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

[17-2-11] Impacts of the gut microbiome on honey bee (Apis mellifera) physiology

*Waldan Kwong¹ (1. Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (Portugal))

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

[17-2-12] Combinatorial effects of gut microbes on physiology and behavior of honey bees

*Ryo Miyazaki¹ (1. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan))

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

[17-2-13] Outer Membrane Vesicle Characterisation of the Apis mellifera Gut Microbiome Reveals Putative Cell to Cell Communication Mechanisms

*Rodney Eyles¹ (1. INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIENCIA (Portugal))

5:30 PM - 5:45 PM

[17-2-14] Social, ecological, and developmental drivers of a global gut microbiome invasion phenomenon in bumble bees

*Tobin Hammer¹ (1. University of California, Irvine (United States of America))

5:45 PM - 6:00 PM

[17-2-15] From Pollen to Putrid: Comparative Metagenomics Reveals How Microbiomes Support Dietary Specialization in Vulture Bees

*Jessica Maccaro¹, Quinn McFrederick¹, Laura Figueroa² (1. University of California, Riverside (United States of America), 2. University of Massachusetts Amherst (United States of America))

6:00 PM - 6:15 PM

[17-2-16] How do fungal mutualists affect social behaviour of a facultatively eusocial ambrosia beetle?

*Eleonora Vittoria Fontana^1,2, Jon Andreja Nuotclà², Chiara Ferracini¹, Peter H. W. Biedermann² (1. University of Turin (Italy), 2. University of Freiburg (Germany))

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