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Title:Quantifying variation in the ability of yeasts to attract Drosophila melanogaster
Author(s):Palanca L; Gaskett AC; Gunther CS; Newcomb RD; Goddard MR;
Address:"School of Biological Sciences, the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand"
Journal Title:PLoS One
Year:2013
Volume:20130925
Issue:9
Page Number:e75332 -
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075332
ISSN/ISBN:1932-6203 (Electronic) 1932-6203 (Linking)
Abstract:"Yeasts that invade and colonise fruit significantly enhance the volatile chemical diversity of this ecosystem. These modified bouquets are thought to be more attractive to Drosophila flies than the fruit alone, but the variance of attraction in natural yeast populations is uncharacterised. Here we investigate how a range of yeast isolates affect the attraction of female D. melanogaster to fruit in a simple two choice assay comparing yeast to sterile fruit. Of the 43 yeast isolates examined, 33 were attractive and seven repellent to the flies. The results of isolate-versus-isolate comparisons provided the same relative rankings. Attractiveness varied significantly by yeast, with the strongly fermenting Saccharomyces species generally being more attractive than the mostly respiring non-Saccharomyces species (P = 0.0035). Overall the habitat (fruit or other) from which the isolates were directly sampled did not explain attraction (P = 0.2352). However, yeasts isolated from fruit associated niches were more attractive than those from non-fruit associated niches (P = 0.0188) regardless of taxonomic positioning. These data suggest that while attractiveness is primarily correlated with phylogenetic status, the ability to attract Drosophila is a labile trait among yeasts that is potentially associated with those inhabiting fruit ecosystems. Preliminary analysis of the volatiles emitted by four yeast isolates in grape juice show the presence/absence of ethanol and acetic acid were not likely explanations for the observed variation in attraction. These data demonstrate variation among yeasts for their ability to attract Drosophila in a pattern that is consistent with the hypothesis that certain yeasts are manipulating fruit odours to mediate interactions with their Drosophila dispersal agent"
Keywords:Analysis of Variance Animals Chemotaxis/*physiology Drosophila melanogaster/*physiology Female Fruit/*chemistry Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry New Zealand *Odorants Phylogeny Species Specificity *Symbiosis Vitis Volatile Organic Compounds/analysis Y;
Notes:"MedlinePalanca, Loida Gaskett, Anne C Gunther, Catrin S Newcomb, Richard D Goddard, Matthew R eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2013/10/03 PLoS One. 2013 Sep 25; 8(9):e75332. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075332. eCollection 2013"

 
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