Exploring life-history and symbiotic strategy of social insect symbiont using X-ray CT

利用 X 射线 CT 探索社会性昆虫共生体的生活史和共生策略

• 批准号: 22KF0296
• 负责人: 丸山 宗利
• 金额: $ 1.47万
• 依托单位: Kyushu University
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 2023-03-08 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-22KF0296/
• 关键词: Social insect; Myrmecophile; Termitophile; Micro-CT

This research describes the development of a practical comparative workflow to investigate the life-histories and symbiotic strategies of social insect symbionts using a non-destructive high-resolution micro-CT. We have selected a set of indicator traits and tested their performance for micro-CT imaging to determine their significance as indicators. This research indicates promising results, and we are currently in the process of selecting a set of suitable indicators to apply to a wide range of rare symbiont taxa. The study aims to provide researchers with valuable tools to investigate social insect symbionts, fill knowledge gaps in their ecology, and develop simulation models to answer specific questions related to their symbiotic ecology.

这项研究描述了使用非破坏性的高分辨率微分离CT的社交昆虫共生体的生活新闻和共生策略的实用比较工作流的发展。我们选择了一组指标性状，并测试了其用于Micro-CT成像的性能，以确定其作为指标的重要性。这项研究表明了有希望的结果，目前，我们正在选择一组合适的指标，以适用于广泛的稀有共生类群。该研究旨在为研究人员提供有价值的工具，以研究社会昆虫共生体，填补其生态学中的知识差距，并开发模拟模型，以回答与他们的共生生态有关的特定问题。