Investigation into rhythmic gene expression in the entomopathogens Ophiocordyceps camponoti-floridani and Beauveria bassiana

Abstract

Here, we examined the expression level of the fungal parasite Ophiocordyceps camponoti-floridani, which is know to cause manipulated behavior in ant upon infection, and a general parasite Beauveria Bassiana over 24 hours with a 2 hour resolution. This allowed us to identify genes that are rhythmically expressed and we performed enrichment analysis to gain insight in their functions and how these can possibly correlated to causing the manipulated behavior.