Transitions and transmission: behavior and physiology as drivers of honey bee-associated microbial communities.
Curr Opin Microbiol
; 50: 1-7, 2019 08.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31563000
Microbial communities have considerable impacts on animal health. However, only in recent years have the host factors impacting microbiome composition been explored. An increasing wealth of microbiome data in combination with decades of research on behavior, physiology, and development have resulted in the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) as a burgeoning model system for studying the influence of host behavior on the microbiota. Honey bees are eusocial insects which exhibit striking behavioral and physiological differences between castes and life stages. These include changes in social contact, environmental exposure, diet, and physiology: all factors which can affect microbial composition and function. The honey bee system offers an opportunity to tease apart the interactive effects of all these factors on microbiota composition, abundance, and diversity.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Abejas
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Conducta Animal
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Microbioma Gastrointestinal
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Interacciones Microbiota-Huesped
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Curr Opin Microbiol
Asunto de la revista:
MICROBIOLOGIA
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido