ArticleEcology and evolution2019
Abdominal microbial communities in ants depend on colony membership rather than caste and are linked to colony productivity.
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- Intercolony Comparisons of Gut Microbiome Composition From Lab Reared Eastern Subterranean Termites (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae).Journal of insect science (Online) · 2022Article
- Molecular Rationale of Insect-Microbes Symbiosis-From Insect Behaviour to Mechanism.Microorganisms · 2021Review
- Worker-dependent gut symbiosis in an ant.ISME communications · 2021Article
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- Lactic Acid Bacteria Are Prevalent in the Infrabuccal Pockets and Crops of Ants That Prefer Aphid Honeydew.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
- Immune challenge reduces gut microbial diversity and triggers fertility-dependent gene expression changes in a social insect.BMC genomics · 2020Article
- Abdominal microbial communities in ants depend on colony membership rather than caste and are linked to colony productivity.Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
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Abstract
Gut bacteria aid their host in digestion and pathogen defense, and bacterial communities that differ in diversity or composition may vary in their ability to do so. Typically, the gut microbiomes of animals living in social groups converge as members share a nest environment and frequently interact. Social insect colonies, however, consist of individuals that differ in age, physiology, and behavior, traits that could affect gut communities or that expose the host to different bacteria, potentially leading to variation in the gut microbiome within colonies. Here we asked whether bacterial communities in the abdomen of
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