ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2021
The Gut Microbiota Protects Bees from Invasion by a Bacterial Pathogen.
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67 citing papers in PubMed.
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Abstract
Commensal microbes in animal guts often help to exclude bacterial pathogens. In honey bees, perturbing or depleting the gut microbiota increases host mortality rates upon challenge with the opportunistic pathogen Serratia marcescens, suggesting antagonism between S. marcescens and one or more members of the bee gut microbiota. In laboratory culture, S. marcescens uses a type VI secretion system (T6SS) to kill bacterial competitors, but the role of this T6SS within hosts is unknown. Using infection assays, we determined how the microbiota impacts the abundance and persistence of S. marcescens in the gut and visualized colocalization of S. marcescens with specific community members
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