[PDF][PDF] Bees just wanna have fungi: a review of bee associations with nonpathogenic fungi

D Rutkowski, M Weston… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Bee–fungus associations are common, and while most studies focus on entomopathogens,
emerging evidence suggests that bees associate with a variety of symbiotic fungi that can …

Something 'Old, New, Borrowed, or Blue', the Search for Mother Nature's Bioactive Agents

DJ Newman - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Symbiotic Relationships.•Microbial Sourced Metabolites.•Uncultured Microbial
Genomes.In the following examples, the time frames and ultimate results are measured in …

Distinct fungal microbiomes of two Thai commercial stingless bee species, Lepidotrigona terminata and Tetragonula pagdeni suggest a possible niche separation in …

DC Castillo, C Sinpoo, P Phokasem… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Stingless bees, a social corbiculate bee member, play a crucial role in providing pollination
services. Despite their importance, the structure of their microbiome, particularly the fungal …

Scaptona ramosa gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from nest of the stingless bee

JC Moura, RN Barbosa, RFR Melo… - … of Systematic and …, 2024 - microbiologyresearch.org
In this study, a novel genus is proposed, Scaptona, with a novel species, Scaptona ramosa,
isolated from nests of stingless bees (Scaptotrigona sp.). The taxonomic novelty was …

Home Sweet Home: Yeasts Living in Substrates Related with Melipona scutellaris in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

R do Nascimento Barbosa, JDP Bezerra, JC de Moura… - Sociobiology, 2024 - ojs3.uefs.br
The interaction between stingless bees and fungi has garnered recent interest due to
potential mutual benefits. In Brazil, Melipona scutellaris stands out ecologically and …

Environmental yeasts differentially impact the development and oviposition behavior of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus

S Malassigné, M Laÿs, L Vallon, E Martin, A Vigneron… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Background While the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), a known vector of many
arboviruses, establishes symbiotic associations with environmentally acquired yeasts, their …