Honeybee gut bacterial strain improved survival and gut microbiota homeostasis in <i>Apis mellifera</i> exposed <i>in vivo</i> to clothianidin.

ABSTRACT: Pesticides are causing honeybee mortality worldwide. Research carried out on honeybees indicates that application of pesticides has a significant impact on the core gut community, which ultimately leads to an increase in the growth of harmful pathogens. Disturbances caused by pesticides also affect the way bacterial members interact, which results in gut microbial dysbiosis. Administration of beneficial microbes has been previously demonstrated to be effective in treating or preventing disease in honeybees. The objective of this study was to measure under in vivo conditions the ability of two bacterial strains (the Enterobacter sp. and Pantoea sp.) isolated from honeybee gut to improve survival and mitigate gut microbiota dysbiosis in honeybees exposed to a sublethal c

SUBMITTER: El Khoury S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11448422 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature