Table 2 Fungal species relative dominance (RD%) and frequency of occurrence (FO%) on adults of Euwallacea fornicatus.

From: Fusarium kuroshium is the primary fungal symbiont of an ambrosia beetle, Euwallacea fornicatus, and can kill mango tree in Japan

Fungal speciesc

No. of fungal isolates and relative dominance (RD, %) a in each body part

♀

♂

Head

Thorax

Abdomen

Head

Thorax

Abdomen

Fusarium kuroshium

76 (78.4)

17 (14.4)

20 (16.4)

8 (14.3)

 

2 (3.4)

Penicillium citrinum

 

32 (27.1)

37 (30.3)

21 (37.5)

20 (33.3)

19 (32.2)

Candida insectorum

 

8 (6.8)

3 (2.5)

1 (1.8)

 

1 (1.7)

Phialemoniopsis curvata

  

1 (0.8)

5 (8.9)

15 (25.0)

3 (5.1)

Aspergillus tubingensis

 

4 (3.4)

2 (1.6)

   

Fusarium decemcellulare

 

5 (4.2)

1 (0.8)

   

Lasiodiplodia theobromae

3 (3.1)

7 (5.9)

11 (9.0)

   

Paracremonium sp.

 

10 (8.5)

7 (5.7)

   

Chaetomium cruentum

   

3 (5.4)

3 (5.0)

 

Chaetomium globosum

   

2 (3.6)

  

Talaromyces purpureogenus

   

4 (7.1)

4 (6.7)

1 (1.7)

Paecilomyces formosus

 

2 (1.7)

1 (0.8)

   

Aspergillus tamarii

 

2 (1.7)

    

Candida jaroonii

 

1 (0.8)

    

Fusarium proliferatum

  

1 (0.8)

   

Graphium jumulu

1 (1.0)

     

Gibberella intricans

  

1 (0.8)

   

Penicillium copticola

 

1 (0.8)

    

Purpureocillium lilacinum

  

1 (0.8)

   

Aspergillus sp.

    

1 (1.7)

 

Phaeoacremonium scolyti

    

1 (1.7)

 

Pseudopithomyces chartarum

    

1 (1.7)

 

Pseudocosmospora vilior

   

1 (1.8)

1 (1.7)

 

Unknown-1

4 (4.1)

1 (0.8)

    

Unknown-2

4 (4.1)

5 (4.2)

3 (2.5)

   

Unknown-3

6 (6.2)

19 (16.1)

21 (17.2)

   

Unknown-4

3 (3.1)

4 (3.4)

12 (9.8)

   

Unknown-5

   

4 (7.1)

6 (10.0)

6 (10.2)

Unknown-6

   

4 (7.1)

4 (6.7)

8 (13.6)

Unknown-7

   

3 (5.4)

3 (5.0)

19 (32.2)

Unknown-8

    

1 (1.7)

 

Total number of fungal isolates of all the species

97

118

122

56

60

59

Fungal speciesc

No. of beetles from which each fungal species was isolated and frequency of occurrence (FO, %)b in each body part

♀

♂

Head

Thorax

Abdomen

Head

Thorax

Abdomen

Fusarium kuroshium

76 (89.4)

17 (20.0)

20 (23.5)

8 (17.8)

 

2 (4.4)

Penicillium citrinum

 

32 (37.6)

37 (43.5)

21 (46.7)

20 (44.4)

19 (42.2)

Candida insectorum

 

8 (9.4)

3 (3.5)

1 (2.2)

 

1 (2.2)

Phialemoniopsis curvata

  

1 (1.2)

5 (11.1)

15 (33.3)

3 (6.7)

Aspergillus tubingensis

 

4 (4.7)

2 (2.4)

   

Fusarium decemcellulare

 

5 (5.9)

1 (1.2)

   

Lasiodiplodia theobromae

3 (3.5)

7 (8.2)

11 (12.9)

   

Paracremonium sp.

 

10 (11.8)

7 (8.2)

   

Chaetomium cruentum

   

3 (6.7)

3 (6.7)

 

Chaetomium globosum

      

Talaromyces purpureogenus

   

4 (8.9)

4 (8.9)

1 (2.2)

Paecilomyces formosus

 

2 (2.4)

1 (1.2)

   

Aspergillus tamarii

 

2 (2.4)

    

Candida jaroonii

 

1 (1.2)

    

Fusarium proliferatum

  

1 (1.2)

   

Graphium jumulu

1 (1.2)

     

Gibberella intricans

  

1 (1.2)

   

Penicillium copticola

 

1 (1.2)

    

Purpureocillium lilacinum

  

1 (1.2)

   

Aspergillus sp.

    

1 (2.2)

 

Phaeoacremonium scolyti

    

1 (2.2)

 

Pseudopithomyces chartarum

    

1 (2.2)

 

Pseudocosmospora vilior

   

1 (2.2)

1 (2.2)

 

Unknown-1

4 (4.7)

1 (1.2)

    

Unknown-2

4 (4.7)

5 (5.9)

3 (3.5)

   

Unknown-3

6 (7.1)

19 (22.4)

21 (24.7)

   

Unknown-4

3 (3.5)

4 (4.7)

12 (14.1)

   

Unknown-5

   

4 (8.9)

6 (13.3)

6 (13.3)

Unknown-6

   

4 (8.9)

4 (8.9)

8 (17.8)

Unknown-7

   

3 (6.7)

3 (6.7)

19 (42.2)

Unknown-8

    

1 (2.2)

 

Total number of beetles tested

85

85

85

45

45

45

  1. aRD (%) = Number of fungal isolates of each species/Total number of fungal isolates of all the species × 100%
  2. bFO (%) = Number of beetles from which each fungal species was isolated/Total number of the beetles used for isolation × 100%
  3. cThe sequences of eight isolates failed to amplify via PCR, and these were treated as unknown species.
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