Structural diversity and functional variability of gut microbial communities associated with honey bee

Publication date: Available online 15 October 2019Source: Microbial PathogenesisAuthor(s): Khalid Ali Khan, Ahmad A. Al-Ghamdi, Hamed A. Ghramh, Mohammad Javed Ansari, Habib Ali, Saad A. Alamri, Saad Naser Al- Kahtani, Nuru Adgaba, Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad HafeezAbstractMicrobial consortia accompanied to all eukaryotes can be inherited from ancestors, environment, and/or from various food source. Gut microbiota study is an emerging discipline of biological sciences that expands our understanding of the ecological and functional dynamics of gut environments. Microorganisms associated with honey bees play an important role in food digestion, colony performance, immunity, pollination, antagonistic effect against different pathogens, amelioration of food and many more. Although, many repots about honey bee gut microbiota are well documented, microbiome with other key components of honey bees such as larvae, adults, their food (pollen, beebread, and honey), honey combs, and floral nectar are poorly understood. Mutual interactions and extent of the roles of microbial communities associated with honey bees are still unclear and demand for more research on the nutritional physiology and health benefits of this ecologically and economically important group. Here in this study, we highlighted all the honey bee microbiome that harbored from different life stages and other relevant components. The anatomical parts of honey bee (larvae, adults), food source (pollen, beebread, and honey), ...
Source: Microbial Pathogenesis - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research