Honeybees and bumblebees play a crucial role as essential pollinators. The special gut
microbiome of social bees is a key factor in determining the overall fitness and health of the …

Gut-associated bacteria were isolated in axenic culture from the honey bee Apis mellifera
and the bumble bees Bombus bimaculatus and B. vagans and are here placed in the novel …

Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) can convert a variety of organic wastes into biomass, and its
gut microbiota are involved in this process. However, the role of gut microbes in the nutrient …

Butterflies are charismatic insects that have long been a focus of biological research. They
are also habitats for microorganisms, yet these microbial symbionts are little-studied, despite …

The gut of the Western honeybee, Apis mellifera, is colonized by a characteristic set of
bacteria. Two distinct gammaproteobacteria are consistent members of this unique microbial …

The relationship between animals and their gut flora is simultaneously one of the most
common and most complex symbioses on Earth. Despite its ubiquity, our understanding of …

Toolkits of plasmids and genetic parts streamline the process of assembling DNA constructs
and engineering microbes. Many of these kits were designed with specific industrial or …

Almost all animals possess gut microbial communities, but the nature of these communities
varies immensely. For example, in social bees and mammals, the composition is relatively …

Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) are diverse and ecologically important, yet we know little
about how they interact with microbes as adults. Due to metamorphosis, the form and …

Non-culture based surveys show that the bacterial family Orbaceae is widespread in guts of
insects, including wild Drosophila. Relatively few isolates have been described, and none …