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.
Cell Reports,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
43(7), P. 114408 - 114408
Published: June 26, 2024
Honeybees
are
important
pollinators
worldwide,
with
their
gut
microbiota
playing
a
crucial
role
in
maintaining
health.
The
bacteria
of
honeybees
consist
primarily
five
core
lineages
that
spread
through
social
interactions.
Previous
studies
have
provided
basic
understanding
the
composition
and
function
honeybee
microbiota,
recent
advancements
focusing
on
analyzing
diversity
at
strain
level
changes
bacterial
functional
genes.
Research
across
different
regions
globally
has
insights
into
microbial
ecology.
Additionally,
findings
shed
light
mechanisms
host
specificity
bacteria.
This
review
explores
temporospatial
dynamics
discussing
reasons
behind
these
fluctuations.
synopsis
provides
host-microbe
interactions
is
invaluable
for
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(1)
Published: Oct. 22, 2024
Dietary
specialization
between
insect
stages
can
reduce
intraspecific
food
competition.
The
involvement
of
gut
bacteria
and
the
mechanisms
underlying
this
phenomenon
received
limited
attention.
Plagiodera
versicolora
is
a
pest
harming
Salicaceae
trees.
Here,
we
confirmed
dietary
in
P.
versicolora,
wherein
adults
prefer
new
leaves,
while
larvae
predominantly
consume
mature
leaves
when
both
types
are
available.
We
demonstrated
larval
preference
for
confers
ecological
advantages
by
promoting
growth,
development
immunity
advantage
contingent
upon
presence
bacteria.
Gut
microbiota
revealed
significant
enrichment
Pantoea
feeding
with
anthophila
exhibiting
most
pronounced
inhibitory
effect
on
development.
Further
exploration
identified
specific
metabolites,
such
as
Tyrosyl-valine,
higher
content
which
serve
substrates
entomopathogenic
bacterium
to
facilitate
its
proliferation.
This
study
provides
fresh
perspective
role
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.
