ArticleGenome biology2023
Turnover of strain-level diversity modulates functional traits in the honeybee gut microbiome between nurses and foragers.
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- Microbiome-metabolite signaling networks in gastrointestinal disease: systems biology, network rewiring, and precision therapeutics.Archives of microbiology · 2026Review
- Priority effects drive strain-level community composition of honeybee gut microbiota.The ISME journal · 2026Article
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- Phage diversity mirrors bacterial strain diversity in the honey bee gut microbiota.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Antibiotic treatment of honey bee colonies alters early gut microbiome assembly and induces persistent dysbiosis in newly emerged workers.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Metagenomic Investigation of Intestinal Microbiota of Insectivorous Synanthropic Bats: Densoviruses, Antibiotic Resistance Genes, and Functional Profiling of Gut Microbial Communities.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- stana: an R package for metagenotyping analysis and interactive application based on clinical data.NAR genomics and bioinformatics · 2025Article
- Discovery of reproductive tissue-associated bacteria and the modes of microbiota acquisition in male honey bees (drones).mSphere · 2025Article
- Life history strategies complement niche partitioning to support the coexistence of closely related Gilliamella species in the bee gut.The ISME journal · 2025Article
- Sucrose supplementation influences gut microbial diversity and functional shifts inFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Diet affects reproductive development and microbiota composition in honey bees.Animal microbiome · 2024Article
- Turnover of strain-level diversity modulates functional traits in the honeybee gut microbiome between nurses and foragers.Genome biology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundStrain-level diversity is widespread among bacterial species and can expand the functional potential of natural microbial communities. However, to what extent communities undergo consistent shifts in strain composition in response to environmental/host changes is less well understood.
resultsHere, we used shotgun metagenomics to compare the gut microbiota of two behavioral states of the Western honeybee (Apis mellifera), namely nurse and forager bees. While their gut microbiota is composed of the same bacterial species, we detect consistent changes in strain-level composition between nurses and foragers. Single nucleotide variant profiles of predominant bacterial species cluster by behavioral state. Moreover, we identify strain-specific gene content related to nutrient utilization, vitamin biosynthesis, and cell-cell interactions specifically associated with the two behavioral states.
conclusionsOur findings show that strain-level diversity in host-associated communities can undergo consistent changes in response to host behavioral changes modulating the functional potential of the community.
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