Insect immunity in the Anthropocene

MK Khan, J Rolff - Biological Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic activities result in global change, including climate change, landscape
degradation and pollution, that can alter insect physiology and immune defences. These …

The interplay between gut symbionts and behavioral variation in social insects

J Liberti, P Engel, A Cabirol - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Social insects exhibit a high degree of intraspecific behavioral variation. Moreover, they
often harbor specialized microbial communities in their gut. Recent studies suggest that …

Gut microbiome diversity and biogeography for Chinese bumblebee Bombus pyrosoma

Z Zhang, Y Guo, M Zhuang, F Liu, Z Xia, Z Zhang… - Msystems, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Gut microbiota of the bumblebee is critical as it modulates the health and fitness of the host.
However, the mechanisms underlying the formation and maintenance of the diversity of …

Bumble bee microbiota shows temporal succession and increase of lactic acid bacteria when exposed to outdoor environments

A Weinhold, E Grüner, A Keller - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Question The large earth bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) maintains a social core gut-
microbiota, similar as known from the honey bee, which plays an important role for host …

The Gut Microbiome of Two Wild Bumble Bee Species Native of South America: Bombus pauloensis and Bombus bellicosus

G Fernandez de Landa, D Alberoni, C Braglia… - Microbial Ecology, 2024 - Springer
South America is populated by a wide range of bumble bee species that represent an
important source of biodiversity, supporting pollination services in natural and agricultural …

Natural and Anthropogenic Drivers of Variation in Bumble Bee Gut Microbiotas

M Hotchkiss - 2024 - ruor.uottawa.ca
Bumble bees are key pollinators in natural and agricultural ecosystems. Like all social bees,
their health is supported by a core gut microbiota consisting of a few, specialized bacterial …