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 …

Delivery mechanism can enhance probiotic activity against honey bee pathogens

BA Daisley, AP Pitek, C Torres, R Lowery… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Managed honey bee (Apis mellifera) populations play a crucial role in supporting pollination
of food crops but are facing unsustainable colony losses, largely due to rampant disease …

Natural substances, probiotics, and synthetic agents in the treatment and prevention of honeybee nosemosis

M Kunat-Budzyńska, M Budzyński, M Schulz… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Honeybees are important pollinators, but they are continuously exposed to a variety of
fungal and bacterial diseases. One of the various diseases affecting honeybees is …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) pathogens in wild pollinators in northern Italy

G Cilia, S Flaminio, L Zavatta, R Ranalli… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Diseases contribute to the decline of pollinator populations, which may be aggravated by the
interspecific transmission of honey bee pests and pathogens. The flowers increase the risk …

Effect of Nosema ceranae infection and season on the gut bacteriome composition of the European honeybee (Apis mellifera)

C Jabal-Uriel, C Alba, M Higes, JM Rodríguez… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Nosema ceranae is an intracellular parasite that infects honeybees' gut altering the digestive
functions; therefore, it has the potential of affecting the composition of the gut microbiome. In …

Strain-level profiling with picodroplet microfluidic cultivation reveals host-specific adaption of honeybee gut symbionts

Y Meng, S Li, C Zhang, H Zheng - Microbiome, 2022 - Springer
Background Symbiotic gut microbes have a rich genomic and metabolic pool and are
closely related to hosts' health. Traditional sequencing profiling masks the genomic and …

Pan-Genome Analysis Reveals Functional Divergences in Gut-Restricted Gilliamella and Snodgrassella

Z Zhang, Y Guo, F Yang, J Li - Bioengineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
Gilliamella and Snodgrassella, members of core gut microbiota in corbiculate bees, have
high species diversity and adaptability to a wide range of hosts. In this study, we performed …

Effect of Different Host Plants on the Diversity of Gut Bacterial Communities of Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith, 1797)

S Han, Y Zhou, D Wang, Q Qin, P Song, Y He - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The gut microbes are important to the insect physiology and behavior.
Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) is a worldwide migratory invasive and polyphagous pest …

Dominance of Fructose-Associated Fructobacillus in the Gut Microbiome of Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) Inhabiting Natural Forest Meadows

R Krams, D Gudra, S Popovs, J Willow, T Krama… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A vast array of microorganisms colonize invertebrates and vertebrates.
Most of these microbes reside in the digestive tract, where they constitute the intestinal (gut) …

Overwintering honeybees maintained dynamic and stable intestinal bacteria

P Liu, Y Zhu, L Ye, T Shi, L Li, H Cao, L Yu - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Honeybee is an important pollinator for maintaining ecological balance. However, scientist
found the bizarre mass death of bees in winter. Meanwhile, some reported that the …