ReviewGut microbes2015
Evolution of host specialization in gut microbes: the bee gut as a model.
Review in Gut microbes, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.
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57 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Diet Outweighs Vertical Transmission in Shaping Dung Beetle Larval Gut Microbiomes.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- Experimental evidence for the absence of a functional gut microbiome in the solitary bee Megachile tosticauda.FEMS microbiology letters · 2026Article
- Host specificity of gut microbiota associated with social bees: patterns and processes.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025Review
- Effects of Three Different Bee Pollen on Digestion, Immunity, Antioxidant Capacity, and Gut Microbes inInsects · 2025Article
- Host Specificity ofInsects · 2025Article
- Core symbionts, age at inoculation and diet affect colonization of the bumblebee gut by a common bacterial pathogen.The Journal of animal ecology · 2025Article
- The bacterial community associated with the solitary resin bee Megachile tosticauda throughout its life cycle.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2025Article
- The Gut Microbiota's Role in Neurological, Psychiatric, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Co-evolution and Gene Transfers Drive Speciation Patterns in Host-Associated Bacteria.Molecular biology and evolution · 2024Article
- Diet affects reproductive development and microbiota composition in honey bees.Animal microbiome · 2024Article
- Characterization of gut symbionts from wild-caughtInternational journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2024Article
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- Shotgun Metagenomics Reveals Minor Micro"International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Genomic investigations of diverse corbiculate bee gut-associated Gilliamella reveal conserved pathways for energy metabolism, with diverse and variable energy sources.Access microbiology · 2024Article
- Gut bacteria mediated adaptation of diamondback moth,mSystems · 2023Article
- Influence of social lifestyles on host-microbe symbioses in the bees.Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
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- Reactive oxygen species are regulated by immune deficiency and Toll pathways in determining the host specificity of honeybee gut bacteria.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Neotropical bee microbiomes point to a fragmented social core and strong species-level effects.Microbiome · 2023Article
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Abstract
Bacterial symbionts of eukaryotes often give up generalist lifestyles to specialize to particular hosts. The eusocial honey bees and bumble bees harbor two such specialized gut symbionts, Snodgrassella alvi and Gilliamella apicola. Not only are these microorganisms specific to bees, but different strains of these bacteria tend to assort according to host species. By using in-vivo microbial transplant experiments, we show that the observed specificity is, at least in part, due to evolved physiological barriers that limit compatibility between a host and a potential gut colonizer. How and why such specialization occurs is largely unstudied for gut microbes, despite strong evidence that it is a general feature in many gut communities. Here, we discuss the potential factors that favor the evolution of host specialization, and the parallels that can be drawn with parasites and other symbiont systems. We also address the potential of the bee gut as a model for exploring gut community evolution.
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