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RISB0174 - Bifidobacterium asteroides

Symbiont Classification

Classification

Bacteria

Phylum

Actinomycetota

Order

Bifidobacteriales

Genus

Bifidobacterium

Host Classification

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Subfamily

Apinae

Species

Apis mellifera

Function

Bifidobacterium provides complementary demethylation service to promote Gilliamella growth on methylated homogalacturonan, an enriched polysaccharide of pectin. In exchange, Gilliamella shares digestive products with Bifidobacterium, through which a positive interaction is established

Immune priming Fertility

Localization

Intracellular

Transmission Mode

Horizontal

Supporting Reference

Synergistic pectin deconstruction is a prerequisite for mutualistic interactions between honeybee gut bacteria

Tang, Junbo; Zuo, Wenlong; Guo, Lizhen ... Zhang, Xue; Zhou, Xin

Journal: Nature Communications

DOI:

10.1038/s41467-024-51365-y (2024)

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Title	Host	Symbiont	Authors	Journal	Year
Synergistic pectin deconstruction is a prerequisite for mutualistic interactions between honeybee gut bacteria	Apis mellifera	Bifidobacterium asteroides	Tang, Junbo; Zuo, Wenlong; Guo, Lizhen ... Zhang, Xue; Zhou, Xin	Nature Communications	2024
Gut Microbiota of Apis mellifera at Selected Ontogenetic Stages and Their Immunogenic Potential during Summer	Apis mellifera	gut bacteria	Maigoro, AY; Lee, JH; Kim, H; Frunze, O; Kwon, HW	PATHOGENS	2024
Gut symbiont-derived anandamide promotes reward learning in honeybees by activating the endocannabinoid pathway	Apis mellifera	Gilliamella apicola	Zhong, Zhaopeng; Mu, Xiaohuan; Lang, Haoyu ... Wang, Xiaofei; Zheng, Hao	Cell Host & Microbe	2024
Lactobacillus kunkeei impacts the health of honey bees, Apis mellifera scutellata, and protects the bees against the opportunistic pathogen Serratia marcescens	Apis mellifera	Lactobacillus kunkeei	Chege, M; Kinyua, J; Paredes, JC	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TROPICAL INSECT SCIENCE	2023
Honey bee symbiont buffers larvae against nutritional stress and supplements lysine	Apis mellifera	Bombella apis A29	Parish, AJ; Rice, DW; Tanquary, VM; Tennessen, JM; Newton, ILG	ISME JOURNAL	2022
Honeybee gut Lactobacillus modulates host learning and memory behaviors via regulating tryptophan metabolism	Apis mellifera	Lactobacillus	Zhang, Zijing; Mu, Xiaohuan; Cao, Qina ... Hu, Xiaosong; Zheng, Hao	Nature Communications	2022
Apilactobacillus kunkeei Alleviated Toxicity of Acetamiprid in Honeybee	Apis mellifera	Apilactobacillus kunkeei	Liu, P; Niu, JH; Zhu, YJ ... Shi, TF; Yu, LS	Insects	2022
Community composition, bacterial symbionts, antibacterial and antioxidant activities of honeybee-associated fungi	Apis mellifera	Chaetomium subaffine MFFC22	Cui, P; Kong, K; Yao, Y ... Yu, LS; Zhang, YL	BMC MICROBIOLOGY	2022
Host-microbiome metabolism of a plant toxin in bees	Spodoptera frugiperda	Bifidobacterium asteroides strain wkB2None4	Motta, EVS; Gage, A; Smith, TE ... Moran, N; Koch, H	ELIFE	2022
A Bacterial Symbiont Protects Honey Bees from Fungal Disease	Apis mellifera	Bombella apis	Miller, DL; Smith, EA; Newton, ILG	MBIO	2021
Resistance and Vulnerability of Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Gut Bacteria to Commonly Used Pesticides	Apis mellifera	gut bacteria	Cuesta-Maté, A; Renelies-Hamilton, J; Kryger, P ... Sinotte, VM; Poulsen, M	FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY	2021
Genomic changes associated with the evolutionary transition of an insect gut symbiont into a blood-borne pathogen	Apis mellifera	Bartonella apis	Segers, FHID; Kesnerová, L; Kosoy, M; Engel, P	ISME JOURNAL	2017
RNA-sequence analysis of gene expression from honeybees (Apis mellifera) infected with Nosema ceranae	Apis mellifera	Nosema ceranae	Badaoui, Bouabid; Fougeroux, André; Petit, Fabien ... Williams, John L.; Botti, Sara	PloS One	2017
Honey Bee Gut Microbiome Is Altered by In-Hive Pesticide Exposures	Apis mellifera	NA	Kakumanu, ML; Reeves, AM; Anderson, TD; Rodrigues, RR; Williams, MA	FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY	2016
Characterization of gut bacteria at different developmental stages of Asian honey bees, Apis cerana	Apis cerana	Bifidobacterium	Guo, J; Wu, J; Chen, YP ... Luo, WH; Li, JL	JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY	2015
A simple and distinctive microbiota associated withhoney bees and bumble bees	Apis mellifera	Burkholderia cepacia	Martinson, VG; Danforth, BN; Minckley, RL ... Tingek, S; Moran, NA	Molecular Ecology	2010

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