Interaction with refuse piles is associated with co-occurrence of core gut microbiota in workers of the ant Aphaenogaster picea DOI Creative Commons

Alison Pagalilauan,

Christina Pavloudi,

Santiago Meneses Ospina

et al.

Access Microbiology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 7(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Comparing the diversity of gut microbiota between and within social insect colonies can illustrate interactions bacterial community composition host behaviour. In many eusocial species, different workers exhibit task behaviours. Evidence compositional differences core in worker types could suggest a microbial association with division labour among workers. Here, we present Aphaenogaster picea ant The genus is abundant worldwide, yet associated this group unstudied. Bacterial communities from samples study consist 19 phyla, dominated by Proteobacteria, Cyanobacteria Firmicutes. Analysis 16S rRNA gene sequences reveals distinct similarity clustering that have more refuse piles. Though nurse foraging ants are similar overall structure, groups differ relative abundances dominant taxa. Gut piles amplicon sequence variants Entomoplasmataceae. Interaction faecal matter via seems to greatest impact on taxa distribution, effect appears be independent type. This first report surveying microbiome ants.

Language: Английский

Honeybee gut Lactobacillus modulates host learning and memory behaviors via regulating tryptophan metabolism DOI Creative Commons
Zijing Zhang, Xiaohuan Mu,

Qina Cao

et al.

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 13(1)

Published: April 19, 2022

Honeybees are highly social insects with a rich behavioral repertoire and versatile model for neurobiological research. Their gut microbiota comprises limited number of host-restricted bacterial phylotypes that important honeybee health. However, it remains unclear how specific members affect behaviors. Here, we find antibiotic exposure disturbs the community influences phenotypes under field conditions. Using laboratory-generated gnotobiotic bees, show normal is required olfactory learning memory abilities. Brain transcriptomic profiling reveals distinct brain gene expression patterns between microbiota-free conventional bees. Subsequent metabolomic analyses both hemolymph samples mainly regulates tryptophan metabolism. Our results indicate host-specific Lactobacillus strains promote behavior by transforming to indole derivatives activate host aryl hydrocarbon receptor. findings highlight contributions neurological processes, thus providing promising understand host-microbe interactions.

Language: Английский

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Characterization of Apis mellifera Gastrointestinal Microbiota and Lactic Acid Bacteria for Honeybee Protection—A Review DOI Creative Commons
Adriana Nowak,

Daria Szczuka,

Anna Górczyńska

et al.

Cells, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 10(3), P. 701 - 701

Published: March 22, 2021

Numerous honeybee (Apis mellifera) products, such as honey, propolis, and bee venom, are used in traditional medicine to prevent illness promote healing. Therefore, this insect has a huge impact on humans’ way of life the environment. While population A. mellifera is large, there concern that widespread commercialization beekeeping, combined with environmental pollution action pathogens, caused significant problems for health populations. One strategies preserve welfare honeybees better understand protect their natural microbiota. This paper provides unique overview latest research features functioning mellifera. Honeybee microbiome analysis focuses both function numerous factors affecting it. In addition, we present characteristics lactic acid bacteria (LAB) an important part gut community special beneficial activities health. The idea probiotics promising tool improve widely discussed. Knowledge microbiota opportunity create broad strategy vitality, including development modern probiotic preparations use instead conventional antibiotics, environmentally friendly biocides, biological control agents.

Language: Английский

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Microbiota-brain interactions: Moving toward mechanisms in model organisms DOI Creative Commons
Jatin Nagpal, John F. Cryan

Neuron, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 109(24), P. 3930 - 3953

Published: Oct. 16, 2021

Language: Английский

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The gut microbiota of bumblebees DOI
Tobin J. Hammer, Eli Le,

A.N. Martin

et al.

Insectes Sociaux, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 68(4), P. 287 - 301

Published: Sept. 29, 2021

Language: Английский

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The gut microbiota affects the social network of honeybees DOI
Joanito Liberti, Tomas Kay, Andrew Quinn

et al.

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 6(10), P. 1471 - 1479

Published: Aug. 22, 2022

Language: Английский

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Distinct Roles of Honeybee Gut Bacteria on Host Metabolism and Neurological Processes DOI
Zijing Zhang, Xiaohuan Mu, Shi Yao

et al.

Microbiology Spectrum, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 10(2)

Published: March 10, 2022

The honeybee possesses a limited number of bacterial phylotypes that play essential roles in host metabolism, hormonal signaling, and feeding behavior. However, the contribution individual gut members shaping brain profiles remains unclear. By generating gnotobiotic bees which were mono-colonized by single bacterium, we revealed different species regulated specific modules metabolites hemolymph. Circulating involved carbohydrate glycerophospholipid metabolism pathways mostly Gilliamella, while Lactobacillus Firm4 Firm5 mainly altered amino acid pathways. We then analyzed transcriptomes with these three bacteria. These showed distinctive gene expression profiles, genes related to olfactory functions labor division upregulated Lactobacillus. Interestingly, differentially spliced brains largely overlapped those unresponsive social stimuli. enriched neural development synaptic transmission. bacteria neurotransmitter levels brain. In particular, dopamine serotonin, show inhibitory effects on sensory sensitivity bees, downregulated bacteria-colonized bees. proboscis extension response normal microbiota is for taste-related behavior honeybees, suggesting potential interactions among host's physiology. Our findings provide fundamental insights into diverse likely contribute neurological processes. IMPORTANCE simple host-restricted community contributes metabolic health its host, symbionts remain elusive. found colonization bee regulates distinct circulating carbohydrate, acid, colonized display transcriptomic crucial behaviors labor. Alternative splicing disordered also mediated. presence promotes sucrose major neurotransmitters being demonstrate how affect behaviors, highlighting gut-brain connections important neurobiological physiological states.

Language: Английский

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Gut microbiota of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) vary across natural and captive populations and correlate with environmental microbiota DOI Creative Commons
Sally L. Bornbusch, Lydia K. Greene,

Sylvia Rahobilalaina

et al.

Animal Microbiome, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 4(1)

Published: April 28, 2022

Inter-population variation in host-associated microbiota reflects differences the hosts' environments, but this characterization is typically based on studies comparing few populations. The diversity of natural habitats and captivity conditions occupied by any given host species has not been captured these comparisons. Moreover, intraspecific gut microbiota, generally attributed to diet, may also stem from differential acquisition environmental microbes-an understudied mechanism which microbiomes are directly shaped microbes. To more comprehensively characterize an ecologically flexible host, ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta; n = 209), while investigating role acquisition, we used 16S rRNA sequencing soil sampled up 13 settings, eight wilderness Madagascar five or U.S. Based matched fecal samples, microbial source tracking examine covariation between two types consortia.The microbes varied markedly within settings. Microbial was consistently greater wild than captive lemurs, indicating that metric necessarily indicator habitat condition. Variation composition inconsistent both with a single, representative community for conspecifics universal 'signal captivity' homogenizes consortia animals. Despite similar, commercial diets lemurs continents, were compositionally most suggesting non-dietary factors govern some variability. In particular, communities across geographic locations, samples different continents being distinct, there significant context-specific microbiota.As one broadest, single-species investigations primate our study highlights sensitive multiple scales differences. This finding begs reevaluation simple 'captive vs. wild' dichotomy. Beyond important implications animal care, health, conservation, mediate aspects further expands framework how interact landscapes.

Language: Английский

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Prospects of probiotics in beekeeping: a review for sustainable approach to boost honeybee health DOI

Smriti,

Anita Rana,

Gagandeep Singh

et al.

Archives of Microbiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 206(5)

Published: April 4, 2024

Language: Английский

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Gut microbiota contribute to variations in honey bee foraging intensity DOI Creative Commons
Cassondra Vernier,

Lan Anh Nguyen,

Tim Gernat

et al.

The ISME Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 18(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Abstract Gut microbiomes are increasingly recognized for mediating diverse biological aspects of their hosts, including complex behavioral phenotypes. Although many studies have reported that experimental disruptions to the gut microbial community result in atypical host behavior, address how microbes contribute adaptive trait variation rare. Eusocial insects represent a powerful model test this, because simple microbiota and division labor characterized by colony-level previous report correlational differences associated with labor, here, we provide evidence play causal role defining foraging behavior between European honey bees (Apis mellifera). We found structure differed hive-based nurse leave hive forage floral resources. These were abundance individual microbes, Bifidobacterium asteroides, Bombilactobacillus mellis, Lactobacillus melliventris. Manipulations colony demography experience suggested composition task experience. Moreover, single-microbe inoculations B. L. melliventris caused effects on intensity. results demonstrate social insect, support modulating variation.

Language: Английский

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Mutualism and division of labour: a mutual expansion of concepts DOI Creative Commons
Jennifer H. Fewell, Judith L. Bronstein

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 380(1922)

Published: March 20, 2025

Division of labour within social groups and the interspecific relationships mutualisms have traditionally been treated as separate research areas. In this opinion, we align terminologies concepts between two fields, by comparing within-group division to outsourcing functions in mutualisms. share fundamental similarities. Both are built from specialization some individuals relationship on tasks or required for survival, growth reproduction. also generate variable fitness outcomes. A key difference is that generally direct gain, while benefits cooperative sociality often accrue a mix indirect fitness. Additionally, levels physical physiological many expand far beyond differentiation seen groups, with exception reproductive labour. The consideration between-species context allows expansion our understanding both fields beyond, consider general principles drivers labour, role differences more broadly across complexity. This article part theme issue ‘Division driver evolution’.

Language: Английский

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