ArticleJournal of chemical ecology2020
Microbial Co-Occurrence in Floral Nectar Affects Metabolites and Attractiveness to a Generalist Pollinator.
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- Yeast volatiles promote larceny in bumble bee behavior.iScience · 2026Article
- Floral microbes provisioned by Osmia lignaria establish in larval food stores, but do not affect bee development or survival.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2026Article
- Plant-pollinator interactions and floral and nectar traits shape the diversity of the nectar mycobiome.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- From leaves to aphid honeydew: the zucchini plants enrich bacterium to recruit natural enemy to resist herbivore attacks.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2026Article
- The Honey Bee Body Surface as a Microbial Hub: Connectivity Shaped by Monoculture vs. Polyculture Farming.Insects · 2026Article
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- The concentration and energetic content of floral nectar sugars: calculation, conversions, and common confusions.Journal of pollination ecology · 2025Article
- Neglected Microbes in Floral Nectar: Influence of Filamentous Fungi on Nectar Scent and Parasitoid Olfactory Responses.Journal of chemical ecology · 2025Article
- Impact of Nectar Composition and Nectar Yeasts on Volatile Emissions and Parasitoid Behavior.Journal of chemical ecology · 2025Article
- The Role of Phenotypic Plasticity and Within-Environment Trait Variability in the Assembly of the Nectar Microbiome and Plant-Microbe-Animal Interactions.Ecology and evolution · 2025Review
- Tiny but mighty? Overview of a decade of research on nectar bacteria.The New phytologist · 2025Review
- Yeast-derived volatiles orchestrate an insect-yeast mutualism with oriental armyworm moths.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Bees just wanna have fungi: a review of bee associations with nonpathogenic fungi.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2023Review
- Nectar-Inhabiting Bacteria Affect Olfactory Responses of an Insect Parasitoid by Altering Nectar Odors.Microbial ecology · 2023Article
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- Elevated Temperature May Affect Nectar Microbes, Nectar Sugars, and Bumble Bee Foraging Preference.Microbial ecology · 2022Article
- Potential effects of nectar microbes on pollinator health.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Review
- Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds from Tempered and Incubated Grain Mediate Attraction by a Primary but Not Secondary Stored Product Insect Pest in Wheat.Journal of chemical ecology · 2022Article
- Identification and functional studies of microbial volatile organic compounds produced by Arctic flower yeasts.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
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Abstract
Microbial metabolism can shape cues important for animal attraction in service-resource mutualisms. Resources are frequently colonized by microbial communities, but experimental assessment of animal-microbial interactions often focus on microbial monocultures. Such an approach likely fails to predict effects of microbial assemblages, as microbe-microbe interactions may affect in a non-additive manner microbial metabolism and resulting chemosensory cues. Here, we compared effects of microbial mono- and cocultures on growth of constituent microbes, volatile metabolite production, sugar catabolism, and effects on pollinator foraging across two nectar environments that differed in sugar concentration. Growth in co-culture decreased the abundance of the yeast Metschnikowia reukaufii, but not the bacterium Asaia astilbes. Volatile emissions differed significantly between microbial treatments and with nectar concentration, while sugar concentration was relatively similar among mono- and cocultures. Coculture volatile emission closely resembled an additive combination of monoculture volatiles. Despite differences in microbial growth and chemosensory cues, honey bee feeding did not differ between microbial monocultures and assemblages. Taken together, our results suggest that in some cases, chemical and ecological effects of microbial assemblages are largely predictable from those of component species, but caution that more work is necessary to predict under what circumstances non-additive effects are important.
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