Gustatory Responsiveness of Honey Bees Colonized with a Defined or Conventional Gut Microbiota.

ABSTRACT: Gut microbes have many beneficial functions for host animals, such as food digestion and development of the immune system. An increasing number of studies report that gut bacteria also affect host neural function and behavior. The sucrose responsiveness of the western honey bee Apis mellifera, which harbors a characteristic gut microbiota, was recently reported to be increased by the presence of gut microbes. However, this responsiveness may vary depending on the experimental design, as animal behavior may be modulated by physiological states and environmental conditions. To evaluate the robustness of the effects of the gut microbiota on host gustatory responsiveness, we herein examined the sucrose responsiveness of honey bees colonized with a defined bacterial community or a conventional

SUBMITTER: Suenami S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10982108 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature