Ants are among the world's most abundant and dominant non-human animals. Yet in spite of
our growing knowledge of microbes as important associates of many animals, we have only …

Abstract Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) play an important role in the pharmacological and
food industry due to their therapeutic and nutritional properties. Being the most abundant …

Ants and termites have independently evolved obligate fungus-farming mutualisms, but their
gardening procedures are fundamentally different, as the termites predigest their plant …

The honey bee, Apis mellifera, is a globally important species that suffers from a variety of
pathogens and parasites. These parasites and pathogens may have sublethal effects on …

Blood feeding red poultry mites (RPM) serve as vectors of pathogenic bacteria and viruses
among vertebrate hosts including wild birds, poultry hens, mammals, and humans. The …

Gut-associated microbiota of ants include Rhizobiales bacteria with affiliation to the genus
Bartonella. These bacteria may enable the ants to fix atmospheric nitrogen, but no genomes …

Many insects rely on bacterial symbionts to supply essential amino acids and vitamins that
are deficient in their diets, but metabolic comparisons of closely related gut bacteria in …

Storage mites colonize a wide spectrum of food commodities and adaptations to diets have
been suggested as mechanisms enabling successful colonization. We characterized the …

The functions and compositions of symbiotic bacterial communities often correlate with host
ecology. Yet cause–effect relationships and the order of symbiont vs. host change remain …

Background To understand the patterns of biodiversity it is important to consider symbiotic
interactions as they can shape animal evolution. In several ant genera symbiotic interactions …