Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are key pollinators that support global agriculture and are long-
established models for developmental and behavioural research. Recently, they have …

The gut microbiota of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) offers several advantages as an
experimental system for addressing how gut communities affect their hosts and for exploring …

Bees acquire carbohydrates from nectar and lipids; and amino acids from pollen, which also
contains polysaccharides including cellulose, hemicellulose, and pectin. These potential …

Constructed wetlands (CWs), as nature-based wastewater treatment systems, continuously
maintain exchanges of material and energy with the natural environment. However, it is …

Succinate is a circulating metabolite, and the relationship between abnormal changes in the
physiological concentration of succinate and inflammatory diseases caused by the …

Highlights•Honey bees harbor a simple gut microbiota that is experimentally tractable.•The
gut microbiota increases body weight gain and confers pathogen resistance.•Fermentation …

Acetate is regarded as a promising carbon feedstock in biological production owing to its
possible derivation from C 1 gases such as CO, CO 2 and methane. To best use of acetate …

The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle is one of the canonical energy pathways of living systems,
as well as being an example of a pathway in which dynamic enzyme assemblies, or …

Purpose Obesity is currently a major global public health issue. It has been shown by many
that gut microbiota and microbial factors regulate the pathogenesis of obesity and metabolic …

The performance of different applied voltages on the biomethanation of lignite is
investigated in microbial electrolytic cells coupled with anaerobic digestion (MEC-AD). The …