Revealing the Bioactivities of Venom Using as a Model.

, commonly known as the Portuguese Man o' War, is one of the most venomous members of the Cnidaria yet is poorly understood. This article investigates the toxicity of venom by assessing its behavioral and toxicological effects on . The venom administered orally revealed dose- and time-dependent mortality, with an LD50 of 67.

Analysis of the immune transcriptome of the invasive pest spotted wing drosophila infected by .

is a pest of global concern due to its great impact on several crops. The entomopathogenic nematode was highly virulent to the larvae of the fly although some immune mechanisms were triggered along the infection course. Thus, to understand the gene activation profile we performed a comparative transcriptome of larvae infected with and to map the differentially expressed genes involved in the defence response.

Biocontrol potential of six strains isolated in the Azores Archipelago.

Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are closely associated with and potentially used as their biological control agents, although field results proved inconsistent and evoked a continual pursuit of native EPNs more adapted to the environment. Therefore, we surveyed the Azorean Archipelago to isolate new strains of and to evaluate their virulence against the model organism under laboratory conditions. Six strains were obtained from pasture and coastal environments and both nematode and symbiont bacteria were molecularly identified.

Draft genome sequence of strain ZMCS4, a putative CAZyme-producing bacteria isolated from the marine brown algae .

We report the draft genome sequence of strain ZMCS4, isolated from . The assembled genome consists of 4.5 Mbp, comprising 25 contigs and 4,128 coding sequences.