WebUsing gnotobiotic bees inoculated with defined communities, Kešnerová et al. 74 found that Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus Firm-4 and Firm-5 can digest other pollen components, including ... WebTranscriptomic and 8 proteomic analysis showed distinctive gene expression and protein signatures for gnotobiotic 9 bees associated with different gut bacteria. Specifically, genes related to olfactory functions 10 and labor division are most upregulated.

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WebJul 27, 2024 · Serial passage of the four species in gnotobiotic bees revealed that all the species can stably co-exist and were maintained when bees are fed pollen. By contrast, when bees were fed simple sugars ... WebThe use of gnotobiotic bees combined with genetic tools, 'omics' analysis, and experimental microbiology has recently provided important insights about the impact of the microbiota on bee health and the general functioning of gut ecosystems. Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Publication types seville ville des oranges

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WebAug 31, 2024 · The Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, has several advantages as a model system for studying the coexistence of related microbes. First, its diet consists of pollen and nectar (a mix of simple sugars, complex carbohydrates and proteins) which can be easily replicated in the laboratory. WebMar 12, 2024 · Ecological processes underlying bacterial coexistence in the gut are not well understood. Here, we disentangled the effect of the host and the diet on the coexistence of four closely related Lactobacillus species colonizing the honey bee gut. We serially passaged the four species through gnotobiotic bees and in liquid cultures in the … WebMar 10, 2024 · By generating gnotobiotic bees which were mono-colonized by a single gut bacterium, we revealed that different species regulated specific modules of metabolites … seville vs cadix