[HTML][HTML] Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss

RS Peixoto, CR Voolstra, M Sweet, CM Duarte… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Global biodiversity loss and mass extinction of species are two of the most critical
environmental issues the world is currently facing, resulting in the disruption of various …

[HTML][HTML] Role of insect gut microbiota in pesticide degradation: A review

JA Siddiqui, MM Khan, BS Bamisile, M Hafeez… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Insect pests cause significant agricultural and economic losses to crops worldwide due to
their destructive activities. Pesticides are designed to be poisonous and are intentionally …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of insect gut microbiota and their associated enzymes in insect physiology and biodegradation of pesticides

S Jaffar, S Ahmad, Y Lu - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Synthetic pesticides are extensively and injudiciously applied to control agriculture and
household pests worldwide. Due to their high use, their toxic residues have enormously …

Missing microbes in bees: how systematic depletion of key symbionts erodes immunity

BA Daisley, JA Chmiel, AP Pitek, GJ Thompson… - Trends in …, 2020 - cell.com
Pesticide exposure, infectious disease, and nutritional stress contribute to honey bee
mortality and a high rate of colony loss. This realization has fueled a decades-long …

Pesticide exposure and the microbiota-gut-brain axis

R Matsuzaki, E Gunnigle, V Geissen, G Clarke… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The gut microbiota exist within a dynamic ecosystem shaped by various factors that includes
exposure to xenobiotics such as pesticides. It is widely regarded that the gut microbiota …

[HTML][HTML] Toxicology and microbiota: how do pesticides influence gut microbiota? A review

F Giambò, M Teodoro, C Costa, C Fenga - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, new targets have been included between the health outcomes induced by
pesticide exposure. The gastrointestinal tract is a key physical and biological barrier and it …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the effects of sublethal pesticide exposure on honey bees: a role for probiotics as mediators of environmental stress

JA Chmiel, BA Daisley, AP Pitek… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Managed populations of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) support the production of
a global food supply. This important role in modern agriculture has rendered honey bees …

Disentangling the microbial ecological factors impacting honey bee susceptibility to Paenibacillus larvae infection

BA Daisley, AP Pitek, E Mallory, AM Chernyshova… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
Paenibacillus larvae is a spore-forming bacterial entomopathogen and causal agent of the
important honey bee larval disease, American foulbrood (AFB). Active infections by …

Low doses of the organic insecticide spinosad trigger lysosomal defects, elevated ROS, lipid dysregulation, and neurodegeneration in flies

F Martelli, NH Hernandes, Z Zuo, J Wang, CO Wong… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Large-scale insecticide application is a primary weapon in the control of insect pests in
agriculture. However, a growing body of evidence indicates that it is contributing to the …

[HTML][HTML] Lactobacillus spp. attenuate antibiotic-induced immune and microbiota dysregulation in honey bees

BA Daisley, AP Pitek, JA Chmiel, S Gibbons… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Widespread antibiotic usage in apiculture contributes substantially to the global
dissemination of antimicrobial resistance and has the potential to negatively influence …