Turnover of strain-level diversity modulates functional traits in the honeybee gut microbiome between nurses and foragers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Strain-level diversity is widespread among bacterial species and can expand the functional potential of natural microbial communities. However, to what extent communities undergo consistent shifts in strain composition in response to environmental/host changes is less well understood.

Results

Here, we used shotgun metagenomics to compare the gut microbiota of two behavioral states of the Western honeybee (Apis mellifera), namely nurse and forager bees. While their gut microbiota is composed of the same bacterial species, we detect consistent changes in strain-level composition between nurses and foragers. Single nucleotide variant profiles of predominant bacterial species cluster by behavioral state. Moreover, we identify strain-specific gene content related to nu

SUBMITTER: Baud GLC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10704631 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature