ReviewCurrent opinion in insect science2021
Floral traits affecting the transmission of beneficial and pathogenic pollinator-associated microbes.
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- Plant-pollinator interactions and floral and nectar traits shape the diversity of the nectar mycobiome.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Inferring plant-bee-microbe associations: Foragers, hive workers, and honey tell complementary stories.PloS one · 2026Article
- Virus distributions in wild bees are associated with floral communities at local to landscape scales.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2025Article
- Floral Color and Family Drive Contrasting Plant-Pollinator Responses to Nutrient Enrichment.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Chemical, Morphological, and Phenological Traits of Blueberry Cultivars Predict Susceptibility to A Pollinator-Vectored Fungal Pathogen.Journal of chemical ecology · 2025Article
- Nectar peroxide: assessing variation among plant species, microbial tolerance, and effects on microbial community assembly.The New phytologist · 2025Article
- Solitary Bees Acquire and Deposit Bacteria via Flowers: Testing the Environmental Transmission Hypothesis UsingEcology and evolution · 2025Article
- DNA in honey could describe the changes in flower visits and microbe encounters of honey bees over decades.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Seasonal Assembly of Nectar Microbial Communities Across Angiosperm Plant Species: Assessing Contributions of Climate and Plant Traits.Ecology letters · 2025Article
- Distinct Communities and Differing Dispersal Routes in Bacteria and Fungi of Honey Bees, Honey, and Flowers.Microbial ecology · 2024Article
- Host Barriers Limit Viral Spread in a Spillover Host: A Study of Deformed Wing Virus in the BumblebeeViruses · 2024Article
- Is the plant microbiome transmitted from pollen to seeds?Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Bumble bee microbiota shows temporal succession and increase of lactic acid bacteria when exposed to outdoor environments.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Article
- Honeybee visitation to shared flowers increasesEcology and evolution · 2023Article
- Nectar-Inhabiting Bacteria Affect Olfactory Responses of an Insect Parasitoid by Altering Nectar Odors.Microbial ecology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Flowers provide resources for pollinators, and can also be transmission venues for beneficial or pathogenic pollinator-associated microbes. Floral traits could mediate transmission similarly for beneficial and pathogenic microbes, although some beneficial microbes can grow in flowers while pathogenic microbes may only survive until acquired by a new host. In spite of conceptual similarities, research on beneficial and pathogenic pollinator-associated microbes has progressed mostly independently. Recent advances demonstrate that floral traits are associated with transmission of beneficial and pathogenic microbes, with consequences for pollinator populations and communities. However, there is a near-absence of experimental manipulations of floral traits to determine causal effects on transmission, and a need to understand how floral, microbe and host traits interact to mediate transmission.
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