Chinches besuconas contra hongos come insectos: una batalla biológica

Ana Padilla ANY LAURA FLORES VILLEGAS BERENICE JIMENEZ SANTIAGO Conchita Toriello MARTHA BUCIO TORRES PAZ MARIA SALAZAR SCHETTINO Mauro Vences MARGARITA CABRERA BRAVO (2022, [Artículo])

Los triatominos o chinches besuconas son los insectos portadores de Trypanosoma cruzi, el parásito causal de la enfermedad de Chagas, uno de los mayores problemas de salud pública en Latinoamérica dada la distribución y adaptación a condiciones domésticas del vector. Para su control, se han utilizado insecticidas piretroides que han generado resistencia en algunas especies, una alternativa al uso de éstos es el control biológico basado en organismos como bacterias, virus, depredadores (avispas del género Telenomus) y hongos entomopatógenos. Los hongos come insectos poseen ventajas para la erradicación de las chinches besuconas, como su infección por contacto externo, virulencia y capacidad de inmunosupresión en el insecto, además de tener menor impacto en el ambiente con respecto al control químico.

TRIATOMINOS ENTOMOPATOGENOS BIOCONTROL RESISTENCIA BIOPESTICIDAS BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA VEGETAL (BOTÁNICA) ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL

Medir para conservar

SARA DENNIS PACHECO Jorge Omar López Martínez Erika Betzabeth Palafox Juárez MARIANA ELVIRA CALLEJAS JIMENEZ (2022, [Artículo])

Todos alguna vez hemos necesitado hacer mediciones, por lo regular lo hacemos con herramientas que tenemos disponibles como reglas, cintas métricas y demás instrumentos que son útiles para medir casi cualquier cosa que se nos ocurra. Pero cuando lo que nos interesa medir es tan grande como un paisaje ¿con qué lo medimos? y ¿por qué nos interesa medir un paisaje? A lo largo de estas páginas hablaremos de la importancia que tiene comprender cómo está estructurado nuestro entorno, las herramientas que se utilizan para medirlo y lo interesante que es conocer lo que hay en él. Además, descubriremos la utilidad de interpretar características espaciales para poder preservar y conservar la naturaleza, haciendo alusión a la frase: “no se cuida lo que no se conoce”.

CONSERVACION ECOLOGIA METRICAS DEL PAISAJE PERCEPCION REMOTA BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA VEGETAL (BOTÁNICA) ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL

Directrices para incrementar el rendimiento de grano en sistemas de cultivos asociados

Jacques Fils Pierre (2022, [Artículo])

Aunque el sistema de cultivo intercalado de la Península de Yucatán se considera amigable con el medio ambiente y juega un papel crucial en la producción de alimentos esenciales para la dieta mexicana, todavía se caracteriza por un bajo rendimiento debido a la competencia inter e intraespecífica (es decir, la disposición espacial de dos o más cultivos cuando se plantan en sistemas intercalados). En este sentido, el enfoque de este trabajo es proporcionar diferentes métodos que se pueden utilizar en sistemas de cultivo intercalado de maíz/leguminosas para reducir la competencia entre especies por los recursos.

AGRICULTURA CULTIVO INTERCALADO FRIJOL MAIZ MILPA XPELON BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA VEGETAL (BOTÁNICA) ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL

Heliconias péndulas: un breve recorrido a su conocimiento en México y su potencial ornamental

CELSO GUTIERREZ BAEZ PEDRO ZAMORA CRESCENCIO (2022, [Artículo])

Existen tres especies con inflorescencia péndula del género Heliconia (Heliconiaceae) que crecen en México y que tienen vistosas inflorescencias que le dan un alto valor ornamental. Dos de ellas son endémicas. El cultivo de estas especies puede representar una fuente adicional de ingresos para familias campesinas del sureste de México.

HELICONIACEAE HORTICULTURA PLANTAS ENDEMICAS PLANTAS ORNAMENTALES BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA VEGETAL (BOTÁNICA) ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL

The cerato-mandibular ligament: a key functional trait for grazing in damselfishes (Pomacentridae)

Damien Olivier Bruno Frederich MILTON ALEJANDRO SPANOPOULOS ZARCO Eduardo Francisco Balart Páez Eric Parmentier (2014, [Artículo])

"The success of a taxonomic group can be promoted by a key character that allows the group to interact with its environment in a different way and to potentially occupy new niches. The Pomacentridae possess a synapomorphic trait, the cerato-mandibular (c-md) ligament, which joins the hyoid bar to the inner part of the lower jaw. It has previously been shown that this ligament is a key trait in communication in damselfishes because it enables them to slam the oral jaws shut causing teeth collision and sound production. This specific behavior of mouth closing could, however, also be used for other tasks, such as feeding. Many territorial damselfishes are referred to as farmers, due to their ability to manage algal crops on which they feed. This study hypothesizes that the c-md ligament provides an advantage for grazing filamentous algae, and should thus be considered a key trait for farming behavior."

Biomechanics, Evolution, Farming, Functional morphology BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA ANIMAL (ZOOLOGÍA) ZOOLOGÍA MARINA ZOOLOGÍA MARINA

De Novo assembly and annotation of the Pacific calico scallop (Argopecten ventricosus) transcriptome for immune-related gene discovery

RUTH ESCAMILLA MONTES GENARO DIARTE PLATA GABRIELA BERENICE MENDOZA MALDONADO Aarón Barraza Celis Carlos Eliud Angulo Valadez Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar Jesús Arturo Fierro Coronado ANTONIO LUNA GONZALEZ (2022, [Artículo])

"Invertebrates' immune defense mechanisms play a critical role in pathogen recognition and elimination. De novo assembly and annotation of the Argopecten ventricosus transcriptome were performed for the immune-related gene identification. Scallops (height: 4.4 cm) were challenged with inactivated Vibrio parahaemolyticus IPNGS16. The RNA from different tissues was pooled for a single cDNA library construction sequenced by NextSeq 500 platform 2×75 paired‐end chemistry. Before de novo assembling with Trinity, reads were analyzed with FastQC, Trimmomatic, and Prinseq. Assembled sequences were analyzed by CD-HIT-EST and TransDecoder. The corresponding annotation was performed against NCBI-nr, RefSeq protein, and KAAS (KEGG) databases. The Trinity assembly yielded 107,516 contigs. TransDecoder yielded 25,285 sequences as CDSs of which, 16,123 were annotated against the NCBI-nr protein, most of them scored with Crassostrea gigas data. Gene ontology mapped sequences (15,262) were classified in molecular functions (~13,000), cellular components (~11,000), and biological processes (~13,000). The KAAS analysis showed biological categories for metabolism (13%), cellular processes (12%), genetic information processing (10%), organismal systems (19%), environmental information (13%), and human diseases (33 %). Within the organismal systems, 467 immune-related genes (KO) were identified. Sixty-four immune-related genes were annotated/blasted against the NCBI-nr and RefSeq protein databases. An RT-qPCR was performed to analyze the expression level of immune-related genes obtained in the transcriptome analysis in scallops (height 4.5 cm) treated with probiotic bacilli added to culture water. Bacilli significantly increased the expression of the HSP70 and PGRP genes. The gene transcripts analysis of A. ventricosus will better understand its immune response against pathogens in culture systems."

Argopecten ventricosus, calico scallop, transcriptome, bivalve, immune genes BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA ANIMAL (ZOOLOGÍA) INMUNOLOGÍA INMUNOLOGÍA

Gene expression in primary hemocyte culture of the Pacific white shrimp Penaeus vannamei infected with different white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) strains

Delia Patricia Parrilla Taylor REGINA ELIZONDO GONZALEZ Jesús Neftalí Gutiérrez Rivera SILVIA ALEJANDRA GARCIA GASCA NORBERTO VIBANCO PEREZ MA. DE JESUS DURAN AVELAR RICARDO VAZQUEZ JUAREZ (2022, [Artículo])

"Five previously analyzed white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) strains from northwest Mexico,differing in their genome architecture as well as in virulence, were selected (high virulence JP and LG strains;moderate virulence GVE and DIV strains; and low virulence LC10 strain) to evaluate pathogenesis response in vitro. Expression of phagocytosis-activating protein PAP, manganese superoxide dismutase MnSOD and peroxiredoxin PRX, and two genes of immediate-early expression (IE1 and WSSV304) were measured by qPCR in a primary hemocyte cell culture from Penaeus vannamei at 1, 3, 6, 12, and 24 h post-infection (hpi). PAP expression was significantly higher at 1 and 3 hpi, and JP and LC10 strains induced the highest expression. The response of MnSOD was high at 1 hpi, and a significant increase in PRX expression was detected at 3 hpi, probably due to the occurrence of an oxidative burst; expression levels of MnSOD and PRX were significantly higher at 1 and 3 hpi, respectively, induced by the LG strain (high virulence), suggesting an acute response. In general, expression of most immune-related - genes decreased after the initial hours of infection. Expression levels of IE1 and WSSV304 were exceptionally high at 1 hpi in almost all five WSSV analyzed strains,confirming their efficient mechanism for replication and viral fitness. The results of this study do not show an accurate link between the genome size and WSSV virulence of the strains, albeit the strain with the smallest genome showed the highest virulence. All strains induced an early immune response in heterogeneous ways."

Penaeus vannamei, virulence, gene expression, viral fitness, viral pathogenesis, immune response BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA ANIMAL (ZOOLOGÍA) PATOLOGÍA ANIMAL PATOLOGÍA ANIMAL

Screening of xylose utilizing and high lipid producing yeast strains as a potential candidate for industrial application

Linnea Qvirist RICARDO VAZQUEZ JUAREZ Thomas Andlid (2022, [Artículo])

"Background: Sustainable production of oil for food, feed, fuels and other lipid-based chemicals is essential to meet the demand of the increasing human population. Consequently, novel and sustainable resources such as lignocel- lulosic hydrolysates and processes involving these must be explored. In this paper we screened for naturally-occurring xylose utilizing oleaginous yeasts as cell factories for lipid production, since pentose sugar catabolism plays a major role in efcient utilization of lignocellulosic feedstocks. Glycerol utilization, which is also benefcial in yeast-based oil production as glycerol is a common by-product of biodiesel production, was investigated as well. Natural yeast isolates were studied for lipid accumulation on a variety of substrates, and the highest lipid accumulating strains were further investigated in shake fask cultivations and fermenter studies on xylose and hydrolysate. Results: By collecting leaves from exotic plants in greenhouses and selective cultivation on xylose, a high frequency of oleaginous yeasts was obtained (>40%). Diferent cultivation conditions lead to diferences in fatty acid contents and compositions, resulting in a set of strains that can be used to select candidate production strains for diferent purposes. In this study, the most prominent strains were identifed as Pseudozyma hubeiensis BOT-O and Rhodosporidium toruloides BOT-A2. The fatty acid levels per cell dry weight after cultivation in a nitrogen limited medium with either glucose, xylose or glycerol as carbon source, respectively, were 46.8, 43.2 and 38.9% for P. hubeiensis BOT-O, and 40.4, 27.3 and 42.1% for BOT-A2. Furthermore, BOT-A2 accumulated 45.1% fatty acids per cell dry weight in a natural plant hydrolysate, and P. hubeiensis BOT-O showed simultaneous glucose and xylose consumption with similar growth rates on both carbon sources. The fatty acid analysis demonstrated both long chain and poly-unsaturated fatty acids, depending on strain and medium. Conclusions: We found various natural yeast isolates with high lipid production capabilities and the ability to grow not only on glucose, but also xylose, glycerol and natural plant hydrolysate. R. toruloides BOT-A2 and P. hubeiensis BOT-O specifcally showed great potential as production strains with high levels of storage lipids and comparable growth to that on glucose on various other substrates, especially compared to currently used lipid production strains..."

Microbial lipids, Oleaginous yeast, Lignocellulose, Pseudozyma hubeiensis, Rhodosporidium toruloides BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA MICROBIOLOGÍA MICROBIOLOGÍA MICROBIOLOGÍA

A new species of Encelia (Compositae, Heliantheae, Enceliinae) from the southern Baja California Peninsula

JOSE LUIS LEON DE LA LUZ Isaac Lichter-Marck (2022, [Artículo])

"Se ilustra y describe a una nueva especie de Asteraceae, Encelia balandra. Se conoce solo de las laderas rocosas de los cerros próximos a puerto Balandra y Pichilingue, dentro de la bahía de La Paz, en Baja California Sur, México. Encontramos que esta nueva especie tiene ciertas semejanzas con otras de Encelia por su hábito semiarbustivo, las flores radiales neutras y cipselas comprimidas con ápice hendido. Confirmamos tal condición con datos de secuencia para las regiones ITS y ETS del genoma. También presentamos fotografías detalladas, un evaluación de conservación, y un clave dichotomus para los Encelia de Baja California sur. Se discute la semejanza con las especies peninsulares más cercanas de Encelia, se presenta una clave dicotómica para los taxonesaustrales de la península de Baja California, y finalmente se muestran imágenes detalladas de esta nueva especie."

"Here, we describe and illustrate Encelia balandra sp. nov., a new species of Compositae from the Baja Cal- ifornia Peninsula. It is rare and known only from the rocky hills around Puerto Balandra and Pichilingüe, inside the bay of La Paz, in the State of Baja California Sur, Mexico. We determine that this new species has affinities with Encelia, based on its suffruticose woody habit, neuter ray florets and compressed disc cypselae with a cleft apex. The taxonomic placement within Encelia is supported by nuclear ribosomal sequence data from two regions, ITS and ETS. We also present detailed photographs, a conservation assessment and a dichotomous key to the Encelia of the southern Baja California Peninsula. Finally, we discuss the uniqueness of Encelia balandra amongst peninsular Encelia and its potential significance for understanding the enigmatic biogeography of this ecologically important genus."

Asteraceae, Cape region, DNA barcoding, narrow endemism, synantherology, taxonomy Código de barras ADN, Micro-endemismo, Región de Los Cabos, Sinanterología, Taxonomía BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA VEGETAL (BOTÁNICA) ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL ECOLOGÍA VEGETAL

Estudio de la factibilidad ambiental, desarrollo sustentable, urbano, social y legal para el desarrollo de estrategias participativas y de mediación social para la construcción de sistemas de humedales artificiales (SHA) para el saneamiento del aporte del Río Amanalco a la Presa Valle de Bravo

Ricardo Víctor López Mera Jóse luis Martínez Ruiz Eduardo López Ramírez Gemma Cristina Millán Malo Denise Soares (2018, [Documento de trabajo])

Este proyecto ha tenido como objetivo general identificar, mediante un estudio social y legal, la factibilidad de adquirir los predios donde se implementarán los sistemas de humedales artificiales, así como determinar los posibles impactos sociales asociados a su construcción, operación y mantenimiento, con el fin de proponer estrategias de mitigación y lograr la aceptación por parte de las comunidades seleccionadas en el estudio.

Humedales Factores socioeconómicos Calidad de vida Estudios de factibilidad CIENCIAS SOCIALES