Host specificity of gut microbiota associated with social bees: patterns and processes DOI
Florent Mazel, Aiswarya Prasad, Philipp Engel

et al.

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 20, 2025

SUMMARYGut microbes provide benefits to some animals, but their distribution and effects across diverse hosts are still poorly described. There is accumulating evidence for host specificity (i.e., a pattern where different tend associate with distinct lineages), the causes consequences of this unclear. Combining experimental tests in laboratory broad surveys wild promising approach gaining comprehensive mechanistic understanding prevalence, origin, importance. Social bees represent an ideal testbed endeavor because they phylogenetically functionally diverse, host-specific, stable, tractable gut microbiota. Furthermore, western honeybee (Apis mellifera) emerging model system studying microbiota-host interactions. In review, we summarize data on prevalence strength social bee microbiota (bumblebees, stingless bees, honeybees), as well potential proven ecological molecular mechanisms that maintain specificity. Overall, found relatively strong likely results from several processes, including filtering mediated by immune priority effects. However, more research needed multiple species confirm these findings. To help future research, hypotheses field propose comparative tests. Finally, conclude review highlighting need understand how can influence health.

Language: Английский

The honeybee microbiota and its impact on health and disease DOI
Erick V. S. Motta, Nancy A. Moran

Nature Reviews Microbiology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 22(3), P. 122 - 137

Published: Dec. 4, 2023

Language: Английский

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Pesticide-induced disturbances of bee gut microbiotas DOI Open Access
Michelle Hotchkiss, Alexandre J. Poulain, Jessica R. K. Forrest

et al.

FEMS Microbiology Reviews, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 46(2)

Published: Nov. 18, 2021

ABSTRACT Social bee gut microbiotas play key roles in host health and performance. Worryingly, a growing body of literature shows that pesticide exposure can disturb these microbiotas. Most studies examine changes taxonomic composition Western honey (Apis mellifera) caused by insecticide exposure. Core microbiota taxa shift abundance after but are rarely eliminated, with declines Bifidobacteriales Lactobacillus near melliventris being the most common shifts. Pesticide concentration, duration, season concurrent stressors all influence whether how disturbed. Also, mechanism disturbance—i.e. directly affects microbial growth or indirectly altering health—likely disturbance consistency. Despite interest this topic, important questions remain unanswered. Specifically, metabolic shifts largely uninvestigated, as do effects pesticide-disturbed on Furthermore, few species have been studied other than A. mellifera, herbicides fungicides examined. We call for knowledge gaps to be addressed so we may obtain comprehensive picture pesticides alter microbiotas, functional consequences changes.

Language: Английский

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Potential effects of nectar microbes on pollinator health DOI
Valerie N. Martin, Robert N. Schaeffer, Tadashi Fukami

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 377(1853)

Published: May 2, 2022

Floral nectar is prone to colonization by nectar-adapted yeasts and bacteria via air-, rain-, animal-mediated dispersal. Upon colonization, microbes can modify chemical constituents that are plant-provisioned or impart their own through secretion of metabolic by-products antibiotics into the environment. Such modifications have consequences for pollinator perception quality, as microbial metabolism leave a distinct imprint on olfactory gustatory cues inform foraging decisions. Furthermore, direct interactions between pollinators microbes, well consumption modified nectar, potential affect health both positively negatively. Here, we discuss integrate recent findings from research plant–microbe–pollinator health. We then explore future avenues could shed light myriad ways in which health, including taxonomic diversity vertebrate invertebrate rely this reward. This article part theme issue ‘Natural processes influencing health: chemistry landscapes’.

Language: Английский

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The effects of glyphosate, pure or in herbicide formulation, on bumble bees and their gut microbial communities DOI Creative Commons
Erick V. S. Motta, Nancy A. Moran

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 872, P. 162102 - 162102

Published: Feb. 9, 2023

Language: Английский

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Strain diversity and host specificity of the gut symbiont Gilliamella in Apis mellifera, Apis cerana and Bombus terrestris DOI

Nihong Zhou,

Qi Zheng,

Yao Liu

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Microbiological Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 293, P. 128048 - 128048

Published: Jan. 6, 2025

Language: Английский

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Exploring climate‐related gut microbiome variation in bumble bees: An experimental and observational perspective DOI Creative Commons
Fabienne Maihoff,

Lukas Bofinger,

Kristof Brenzinger

et al.

Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 106(3)

Published: March 1, 2025

Abstract Rising temperatures negatively affect bumble bee fitness directly through physiological impacts and indirectly by disrupting mutualistic interactions between bees other organisms, which are crucial in determining species‐specific responses to climate change. Gut microbial symbionts, key regulators of host nutrition health, may be the Achilles' heel thermal insects. They not only modulate biotic with plants pathogens but also exhibit varying sensitivity themselves. Understanding how environmental changes disrupt microbiome communities is a first step determine potential consequences for population responses. We analyzed gut bacterial six species inhabiting different climatic niches along an elevational gradient German Alps using 16S ribosomal DNA amplicon sequencing. investigated whether inter‐ intraspecific differences can linked species' niches, differ temperature, flower resource composition, likely pathogen pressure. A reciprocal translocation experiment distinct regions tested Bombus terrestris lucorum change short‐term when exposed new environments. Finally, we these heat cold wave scenarios within chambers disentangle pure temperature‐driven effects on from effects. Interspecific variation composition exceeded variation. Species levels stability, where stability defined as within‐group variance: lower indicated greater variance, predominantly observed higher elevations. Transplanted showed subtle adjustments, marked increase Lactobacillaceae upon exposure warmer regions; however, microbiomes did under laboratory temperature scenarios. conclude that could lead For example, less stable elevations might indicate increased pathogens. Short‐term following relatively microbiomes, such B. , rapidly integrate bacteria, their capacity cope environments

Language: Английский

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Microbiome assembly and maintenance across the lifespan of bumble bee workers DOI
Tobin J. Hammer, August Easton‐Calabria, Nancy A. Moran

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Molecular Ecology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 32(3), P. 724 - 740

Published: Nov. 5, 2022

Abstract How a host's microbiome changes over its lifespan can influence development and ageing. As these temporal patterns have only been described in detail for handful of hosts, an important next step is to compare succession more broadly investigate why it varies. Here we characterize the dynamics stability bumble bee worker gut microbiome. Bumble bees simple host‐specific microbiomes, their microbial may health pollination services. We used 16S rRNA gene sequencing, quantitative PCR metagenomics microbiomes Bombus impatiens workers. also sequenced transcriptomes examine host factors that control At community level, assembly highly predictable similar primary observed human gut. However, at strain partitioning bacterial variants among colonies suggests stochastic colonization events those flies nematodes. find strong differences symbiont species, suggesting ecological members persistence. Finally, show both transcriptome—including expression key immunity genes—stabilize, as opposed senesce, with age. suggest social groups such bees, maintenance contribute inclusive fitness, thus remain under selection even old Our findings provide foundation exploring mechanisms functional outcomes succession.

Language: Английский

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Incipiently social carpenter bees (Xylocopa) host distinctive gut bacterial communities and display geographical structure as revealed by full‐length PacBio 16S rRNA sequencing DOI

Madeline Y. Handy,

Dino Lorenzo Sbardellati, Michael C. Yu

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Molecular Ecology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 32(6), P. 1530 - 1543

Published: Oct. 14, 2022

The gut microbiota of bees affects nutrition, immunity and host fitness, yet the roles diet, sociality geographical variation in determining microbiome structure, including variant-level diversity relatedness, remain poorly understood. Here, we use full-length 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing to compare crop microbiomes two incipiently social carpenter bee species, Xylocopa sonorina tabaniformis, from multiple sites within each species' range. We found that species share a set core taxa consisting Bombilactobacillus, Bombiscardovia Lactobacillus, >95% all individual sampled, Gilliamella Apibacter were also detected both with high frequency. bacterial community X. comprised nearly entirely Apilactobacillus occasionally abundant nectar bacteria. Despite sharing taxa, distinguished by lineages, species-specific variants taxa. long-read amplicons revealed otherwise cryptic population-level differentiation members, which was masked when shorter fragment (V4) considered. Of Bombilactobacillus exhibited sequence among populations, but this lacking suggesting some genera may be structured different processes. conclude these distinctive microbiome, similar previously characterized corbiculate apids, suggests further investigation understand evolution its drivers is warranted.

Language: Английский

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Basic Structures of Gut Bacterial Communities in Eusocial Insects DOI Creative Commons
Shota Suenami, Akiko Koto, Ryo Miyazaki

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Insects, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14(5), P. 444 - 444

Published: May 8, 2023

Gut bacterial communities assist host animals with numerous functions such as food digestion, nutritional provision, or immunity. Some social mammals and insects are unique in that their gut microbial stable among individuals. In this review, we focus on the of eusocial insects, including bees, ants, termites, to provide an overview community structures gain insights into any general aspects structural basis. Pseudomonadota Bacillota prevalent phyla commonly detected those three insect groups, but compositions distinct at lower taxonomic levels. Eusocial harbor shared within species, while stability varies depending physiology ecology. Species narrow dietary habits, highly intraspecific communities, generalists, most ant exhibit relatively diverse structures. Caste differences could influence relative abundance members without significantly altering composition.

Language: Английский

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Bumble bee microbiota shows temporal succession and increase of lactic acid bacteria when exposed to outdoor environments DOI Creative Commons
Arne Weinhold,

Elisabeth Grüner,

Alexander Keller

et al.

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14

Published: March 4, 2024

The large earth bumble bee (

Language: Английский

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