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

Insight into probiotic properties of lactic acid bacterial endosymbionts of Apis mellifera L. derived from the Polish apiary

(2021) Artur Pachla et al.   SAUDI JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Amplicon Sequencing of Variable 16S rRNA from Bacteria and ITS2 Regions from Fungi and Plants, Reveals Honeybee Susceptibility to Diseases Results from Their Forage Availability under Anthropogenic Landscapes

(2021) Aneta A. Ptaszyńska et al.   Pathogens

Honeybee intestines retain low yeast titers, but no bacterial mutualists, at emergence

(2021) James P. Tauber et al.   YEAST

Dataset of the next-generation sequencing of variable 16S rRNA from bacteria and ITS2 regions from fungi and plants derived from honeybees kept under anthropogenic landscapes

(2021) Marek Gancarz et al.   Data in Brief

Diversity and functional analysis of Chinese bumblebee gut microbiota reveal the metabolic niche and antibiotic resistance variation of Gilliamella

(2020) Zi‐Jing Zhang et al.   Insect Science

Forest proximity supports bumblebee species richness and abundance in hemi-boreal agricultural landscape

(2020) Virve Sõber et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Fructose-rich niches traced the evolution of lactic acid bacteria toward fructophilic species

(2019) Pasquale Filannino et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2

(2019) Evan Bolyen et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Flowers and climate change: a metabolic perspective

(2019) Monica Borghi et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

How does timing of flowering affect competition for pollinators, flower visitation and seed set in an early spring grassland plant?

(2019) Sandra Kehrberger et al.   Scientific Reports

Dynamic Changes of Gut Microbial Communities of Bumble Bee Queens through Important Life Stages

(2019) Liuhao Wang et al.   mSystems

Small-scale agricultural landscapes and organic management support wild bee communities of cereal field boundaries

(2018) Anne-Kathrin Happe et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Lactobacillus kunkeei strains decreased the infection by honey bee pathogens Paenibacillus larvae and Nosema ceranae

(2018) D. Arredondo et al.   Beneficial Microbes

Inhibitory effect of biofilm-forming Lactobacillus kunkeei strains against virulent Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro and in honeycomb moth (Galleria mellonella) infection model

(2018) P. Berríos et al.   Beneficial Microbes

The role of the gut microbiome in health and disease of adult honey bee workers

(2018) Kasie Raymann et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Fructophilic Lactic Acid Bacteria, a Unique Group of Fructose-Fermenting Microbes

(2018) Akihito Endo et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Habitat-specific variation in gut microbial communities and pathogen prevalence in bumblebee queens (Bombus terrestris)

(2018) L. Bosmans et al.   PLoS One

Glyphosate perturbs the gut microbiota of honey bees

(2018) Erick V. S. Motta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Large-scale cultivation of the bumblebee gut microbiota reveals an underestimated bacterial species diversity capable of pathogen inhibition

(2017) Jessy Praet et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Oilseed rape (Brassica napus ) as a resource for farmland insect pollinators: quantifying floral traits in conventional varieties and breeding systems

(2017) Jonathan M. Carruthers et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas

(2017) Caspar A. Hallmann et al.   PLoS One

Effect of oral administration of lactic acid bacteria on colony performance and gut microbiota in indoor-reared bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

(2016) Annelies Billiet et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Metabolism of Fructophilic Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from the Apis mellifera L. Bee Gut: Phenolic Acids as External Electron Acceptors

(2016) Pasquale Filannino et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A different gut microbial community between larvae and adults of a wild bumblebee nest (Bombus pascuorum )

(2016) Anneleen Parmentier et al.   Insect Science

DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data

(2016) Benjamin J Callahan et al.   NATURE METHODS

Worldwide Alien Invasion: A Methodological Approach to Forecast the Potential Spread of a Highly Invasive Pollinator

(2016) André L. Acosta et al.   PLoS One

Genomic characterization of a fructophilic bee symbiont Lactobacillus kunkeei reveals its niche-specific adaptation

(2016) Shintaro Maeno et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Interactions between Cooccurring Lactic Acid Bacteria in Honey Bee Hives

(2015) Z. P. Rokop et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Two gut community enterotypes recur in diverse bumblebee species

(2015) Jilian Li et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Parasites in bloom: flowers aid dispersal and transmission of pollinator parasites within and between bee species

(2015) Peter Graystock et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

16S rRNA Amplicon Sequencing Demonstrates that Indoor-Reared Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) Harbor a Core Subset of Bacteria Normally Associated with the Wild Host

(2015) Ivan Meeus et al.   PLoS One

Caste-Specific Differences in Hindgut Microbial Communities of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

(2015) Karen M. Kapheim et al.   PLoS One

Influence of frost damage on the sugars and sugar alcohol composition in quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) floral nectar

(2014) Milica Fotirić Akšić et al.   ACTA PHYSIOLOGIAE PLANTARUM

Routes of Acquisition of the Gut Microbiota of the Honey Bee Apis mellifera

(2014) J. Elijah Powell et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bees use honest floral signals as indicators of reward when visiting flowers

(2014) A. C. Knauer et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Saccharide breakdown and fermentation by the honey bee gut microbiome

(2014) Fredrick J. Lee et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Variation in gut microbial communities and its association with pathogen infection in wild bumble bees (Bombus)

(2014) Daniel P Cariveau et al.   ISME Journal

Nectar secretion requires sucrose phosphate synthases and the sugar transporter SWEET9

(2014) I Winnie Lin et al.   NATURE

Genomics and host specialization of honey bee and bumble bee gut symbionts

(2014) W. K. Kwong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Assessment of mutualism between Bombus terrestris and its microbiota by use of microcolonies

(2013) Ivan Meeus et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Specificity between Lactobacilli and Hymenopteran Hosts Is the Exception Rather than the Rule

(2013) Quinn S. McFrederick et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability

(2013) K. Katoh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

phyloseq: An R Package for Reproducible Interactive Analysis and Graphics of Microbiome Census Data

(2013) Paul J. McMurdie et al.   PLoS One

Microbial Ecology of the Hive and Pollination Landscape: Bacterial Associates from Floral Nectar, the Alimentary Tract and Stored Food of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

(2013) Kirk E. Anderson et al.   PLoS One

Honeybees and beehives are rich sources for fructophilic lactic acid bacteria

(2013) Akihito Endo et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Distinctive Gut Microbiota of Honey Bees Assessed Using Deep Sampling from Individual Worker Bees

(2012) Nancy A. Moran et al.   PLoS One

Correction: Symbionts as Major Modulators of Insect Health: Lactic Acid Bacteria and Honeybees

(2012) Alejandra Vásquez et al.   PLoS One

Host-Gut Microbiota Metabolic Interactions

(2012) J. K. Nicholson et al.   SCIENCE

Bacterial Communities in Central European Bumblebees: Low Diversity and High Specificity

(2011) Hauke Koch et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

How many flowering plants are pollinated by animals?

(2011) Jeff Ollerton et al.   OIKOS

Socially transmitted gut microbiota protect bumble bees against an intestinal parasite

(2011) H. Koch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

FastTree 2 – Approximately Maximum-Likelihood Trees for Large Alignments

(2010) Morgan N. Price et al.   PLoS One

The lactic acid bacteria involved in the production of bee pollen and bee bread

(2009) Alejandra Vásquez et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Isolation and characterization of fructophilic lactic acid bacteria from fructose-rich niches

(2009) Akihito Endo et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY