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Michalczyk-Wetula D, Jakubowska M, Felska M, Skarżyński D, Mąkol J, Płonka PM. Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Sarcoptiformes: Acaridae) in the in vitro cultures of slime molds (Mycetozoa): accident, contamination, or interaction? EXPERIMENTAL & APPLIED ACAROLOGY 2021; 84:445-458. [PMID: 33970406 PMCID: PMC8190028 DOI: 10.1007/s10493-021-00608-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank), commonly known as the cereal mite, cheese mite, or ham mite, is a cosmopolitan species reported from various environments in the wild, including soil, plant material and vertebrate nests. It has also been recognized as a common pest of food storages, mycological collections as well as plant and invertebrate laboratory cultures. Laboratory observations indicate that T. putrescentiae feeds on a large range of dermatophytes, yeasts and molds. We have observed the interspecific relation between this mite and several species of true slime molds (Mycetozoa) under laboratory conditions, which confirms the very broad spectrum of feeding habits of T. putrescentiae. Mycetozoans were grown in semi-sterile in vitro cultures and fed with oat flour or oat flakes. Tyrophagus putrescentiae displayed affinity to all macroscopically identifiable stages of the life cycle of Fuligo septica (L.) F.H. Wigg, Physarum polycephalum Schwein and the Didymium sp. complex [Didymium iridis (Ditmar) Fr., Didymium nigripes (Link) Fr. and Didymium bahiense Gottsb.]: live, decaying or dead plasmodia, sporangia, aethalia, spores and sclerotia. The relation carrying symptoms of various types of interspecific interaction, is hypothesized to form an evolutionarily young phenomenon, which not only identifies a new aspect of mycetozoal biology, but also presents the cereal mite as a species of high adaptive potential.
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- Dominika Michalczyk-Wetula
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387, Kraków, Poland
- Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gronostajowa 7a, 30-387, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kożuchowska 5b, 51-631, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Invertebrate Biology, Evolution and Conservation, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51-148, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kożuchowska 5b, 51-631, Wrocław, Poland.
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387, Kraków, Poland.
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Vlasenko AV, Vlasenko VA, Novozhilov YK, Asbaganov SV, Dejidmaa T. Methods and Difficulties of Identifying Species in Studies on the Ecology and Distribution Patterns of Spore Organisms. CONTEMP PROBL ECOL+ 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s1995425520040113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Bernardo JLM, Arioder LJQ, Almadrones-Reyes KJ, Dagamac NHA. Myxomycete communities occurring in fragmented forest patches in two municipalities of Laguna, Philippines. COMMUNITY ECOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1556/168.2018.19.3.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- J. L. M. Bernardo
- Advanced Educational Program, Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry, Quyết Thắng, Thái Nguyên, Vietnam
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- Advanced Educational Program, Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry, Quyết Thắng, Thái Nguyên, Vietnam
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- Advanced Educational Program, Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry, Quyết Thắng, Thái Nguyên, Vietnam
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- Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald, Soldmannstrasse 15, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri 64093
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Mosquera J, Lado C, Tejera EB. Morphology and ecology of Didymium subreticulosporum. Mycologia 2000. [DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2000.12061241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Juan Mosquera
- Department of Medicine, University of Manchester, CSB, Hope Hospital, Manchester M6 8HD, UK
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- Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal (Botánica), Universidad de La Laguna, 38071 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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