Compartmentalization of bacterial and fungal microbiomes in the gut of adult honeybees.

ABSTRACT: The core gut microbiome of adult honeybee comprises a set of recurring bacterial phylotypes, accompanied by lineage-specific, variable, and less abundant environmental bacterial phylotypes. Several mutual interactions and functional services to the host, including the support provided for growth, hormonal signaling, and behavior, are attributed to the core and lineage-specific taxa. By contrast, the diversity and distribution of the minor environmental phylotypes and fungal members in the gut remain overlooked. In the present study, we hypothesized that the microbial components of forager honeybees (i.e., core bacteria, minor environmental phylotypes, and fungal members) are compartmentalized along the gut portions. The diversity and distribution of such three microbial components were inv

SUBMITTER: Callegari M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8105395 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature