The Bee Gut Microbiota: Bridging Infective Agents Potential in the One Health Context.

ABSTRACT: The bee gut microbiota plays an important role in the services the bees pay to the environment, humans and animals. Alongside, gut-associated microorganisms are vehiculated between apparently remote habitats, promoting microbial heterogeneity of the visited microcosms and the transfer of the microbial genetic elements. To date, no metaproteomics studies dealing with the functional bee microbiota are available. Here, we employ a metaproteomics approach to explore a fraction of the bacterial, fungal, and unicellular parasites inhabiting the bee gut. The bacterial community portrays a dynamic composition, accounting for specimens of human and animal concern. Their functional features highlight the vehiculation of virulence and antimicrobial resistance traits. The fungal and unicellular parasi

SUBMITTER: Tilocca B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11012054 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature