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Curr Biol

Title:		Sex pheromones: Made with a little help from my (bacterial) friends
Author(s):		Engl T;
Address:		"Department of Insect Symbiosis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 07745 Jena, Germany. Electronic address: tengl@ice.mpg.de"
Journal Title:		Curr Biol
Year:		2021
Volume:		31
Issue:		10
Page Number:		R474 - R476
DOI:		10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.074
ISSN/ISBN:		1879-0445 (Electronic) 0960-9822 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Males of the olive fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis team up with Bacillus bacteria in their rectal glands to synthesize 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (TMP) and 2,3,5,6-tetramethylpyrazine (TTMP) from glucose and threonine. The bacterially produced TMP and TTMP are utilized as sex pheromones to attract virgin females"
Keywords:		Animals Bacteria Friends Fruit Humans *Sex Attractants *Tephritidae;
Notes:		"MedlineEngl, Tobias eng Comment England 2021/05/26 Curr Biol. 2021 May 24; 31(10):R474-R476. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.074"