Fermentation is one of the oldest known production processes and the most technologically
valuable in terms of the food industry. In recent years, increasing nutrition and health …

Fructophilic lactic acid bacteria (FLAB) are found in fructose-rich habitats associated with
flowers, fruits, fermented foods, and the gastrointestinal tract of several insects having a …

Background In social insects, identical genotypes can show extreme lifespan variation
providing a unique perspective on age-associated microbial succession. In honey bees …

Abstract Structure of lactic acid bacteria biota in ivy flowers, fresh bee-collected pollen
(BCP), hive-stored bee bread, and honeybee gastrointestinal tract was investigated …

Fructophilic lactic acid bacteria (FLAB) are strongly associated with the gastrointestinal tracts
(GITs) of Apis mellifera L. worker bees due to the consumption of fructose as a major …

Using culture enrichment methods, 100 strains of bacilli of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were
isolated from honeybee Apis mellifera intermissa and fresh honey, collected from apiaries …

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 …

Apilactobacillus kunkeei is an insect symbiont with documented beneficial effects on the
health of honeybees. It belongs to fructophilic lactic acid bacteria (FLAB), a subgroup of …

Biofilms correspond to complex communities of microorganisms embedded in an
extracellular polymeric matrix. Biofilm lifestyle predominates in Pseudomonas aeruginosa …

Thanks to the progress and decreasing costs in genome sequencing technologies, more
than 250,000 bacterial genomes are currently available in public databases, covering most …