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Accession PRJCA001278
Title Gut microbial signatures of sexual maturity in bumblebee queens
Relevance Agricultural
Data types Metagenome
Organisms Bacteria
Description Bumblebee are important pollinators of agricultural crops and wild plants in agro-ecological systems across the world. Like other animals, bumble bees harbor a characteristic microbial community that plays an important role for their health.However, there is limited information about the composition of the gut microbial community associated with bumblebee queens is the sole reproductive female in a colony. In the present study, we investigated the diversity of gut bacteria in different physiological state bumblebee queens.We propose testable hypotheses for why mated queens show a distinctive microbiota prior to their winter diapause, before reverting to a microbiota similar to unmated queens once they begin ovispositing.
Sample scope Environment
Release date 2019-02-19
Publication
PubMed ID Article title Journal name DOI Year
31822600 Dynamic Changes of Gut Microbial Communities of Bumble Bee Queens through Important Life Stages mSystems 10.1128/mSystems.00631-19 2019
Grants
Agency program Grant ID Grant title
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 31572338
Submitter Jilian    Li  (bumblebeeljl@hotmail.com)
Organization Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultual Sciences
Submission date 2019-02-19

Project Data

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CRA001462 Gut microbial signatures of sexual maturity in bumblebee queens