Partner fidelity and environmental filtering preserve stage‐specific turtle ant gut symbioses for over 40 million years
Sustaining beneficial gut symbioses presents a major challenge for animals, including
holometabolous insects. Social insects may meet such challenges through partner fidelity …
holometabolous insects. Social insects may meet such challenges through partner fidelity …
Identifying the Role of Elevation, Geography, and Species Identity in Structuring Turtle Ant (Cephalotes Latreille, 1802) Bacterial Communities
Bacterial communities in animals are often necessary for hosts to survive, particularly for
hosts with nutrient-limited diets. The composition, abundance, and richness of these …
hosts with nutrient-limited diets. The composition, abundance, and richness of these …
Microbial symbionts are shared between ants and their associated beetles
C Valdivia, JA Newton, C von Beeren… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The transmission of microbial symbionts across animal species could strongly affect their
biology and evolution, but our understanding of transmission patterns and dynamics is …
biology and evolution, but our understanding of transmission patterns and dynamics is …
Metagenomic analysis of the honey bee queen microbiome reveals low bacterial diversity and Caudoviricetes phages
In eusocial insects, the health of the queens—the colony founders and sole reproductive
females—is a primary determinant for colony success. Queen failure in the honey bee Apis …
females—is a primary determinant for colony success. Queen failure in the honey bee Apis …
Turtle ants harbor metabolically versatile microbiomes with conserved functions across development and phylogeny
Gut bacterial symbionts can support animal nutrition by facilitating digestion and providing
valuable metabolites. However, changes in symbiotic roles between immature and adult …
valuable metabolites. However, changes in symbiotic roles between immature and adult …
In their sister's footsteps: Taxonomic divergence obscures substantial functional overlap among the metabolically diverse symbiotic gut communities of adult and larval …
Gut bacterial symbionts can support animal nutrition by facilitating digestion and providing
valuable metabolites. While the composition of gut symbiont communities shifts with host …
valuable metabolites. While the composition of gut symbiont communities shifts with host …
Diet and phylogeny shape the composition, diversity, and structure of the ant-gut bacterial community
D Chen, X Liang, C Du, Z Chen - 2023 - researchsquare.com
The gut bacterial community provides various benefits and maintains a long-term symbiotic
relationship with its host. Thus, uncovering its diversity and structure is fundamental for …
relationship with its host. Thus, uncovering its diversity and structure is fundamental for …
[LIVRE][B] Exploring the Metabolic and Digestive Functions of Bacterial Gut Symbionts In Cephalotes Turtle Ants
B Bechade - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Gut bacterial symbionts can support animal nutrition by facilitating digestion and providing
valuable metabolites. Such associations have been extensively studied among termites and …
valuable metabolites. Such associations have been extensively studied among termites and …