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A different gut microbial community between larvae and adults of a wild bumblebee nest (Bombus pascuorum)

Anneleen Parmentier (UGent) , Ivan Meeus (UGent) , Filip Van Nieuwerburgh (UGent) , Dieter Deforce (UGent) , Peter Vandamme (UGent) and Guy Smagghe (UGent)
(2018) INSECT SCIENCE. 25(1). p.66-74
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Although the gut microbial communities in adult bumblebees and their associated functionalities are widely studied, descriptive data on the larval gut microbiota are still limited. The gut microbiota of a fully sampled wild Bombus pascuorum nest has been characterized, using the multiplexed Illumina MiSeq 16S ribosomal RNA amplicon sequencing technique. The nesters and foragers inhabiting the same nest showed the typical core bacterial sequences and only marginal differences in their characterized gut microbiota. The gut microbial communities within the adult and larval specimens differed strongly, as the typical core gut bacteria in the adult bumblebees are absent in the larval bumblebees. The bacterial communities within the larval gut are dominated by bacterial phylotypes of Enterobacteriaceae and Lactobacillaceae, supplemented with genera belonging to Corynebacteriales and Bacillales. The function of this larval gut microbiota, being different from the adult, remains to be determined.
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bumblebee, gut, Illumina sequencing, larvae, microbiota, nest, sample size, HONEY-BEE, GEN. NOV., DIVERSITY, SEQUENCES, BACTERIA, WORKER, TERRESTRIS, POLLEN

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Parmentier, Anneleen, Ivan Meeus, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, Dieter Deforce, Peter Vandamme, and Guy Smagghe. 2018. “A Different Gut Microbial Community Between Larvae and Adults of a Wild Bumblebee Nest (Bombus Pascuorum).” Insect Science 25 (1): 66–74.
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Parmentier, Anneleen, Meeus, I., Van Nieuwerburgh, F., Deforce, D., Vandamme, P., & Smagghe, G. (2018). A different gut microbial community between larvae and adults of a wild bumblebee nest (Bombus pascuorum). INSECT SCIENCE, 25(1), 66–74.
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Parmentier A, Meeus I, Van Nieuwerburgh F, Deforce D, Vandamme P, Smagghe G. A different gut microbial community between larvae and adults of a wild bumblebee nest (Bombus pascuorum). INSECT SCIENCE. 2018;25(1):66–74.
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Parmentier, Anneleen, Ivan Meeus, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, et al. “A Different Gut Microbial Community Between Larvae and Adults of a Wild Bumblebee Nest (Bombus Pascuorum).” INSECT SCIENCE 25.1 (2018): 66–74. Print.
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  abstract     = {Although the gut microbial communities in adult bumblebees and their associated functionalities are widely studied, descriptive data on the larval gut microbiota are still limited. The gut microbiota of a fully sampled wild Bombus pascuorum nest has been characterized, using the multiplexed Illumina MiSeq 16S ribosomal RNA amplicon sequencing technique. The nesters and foragers inhabiting the same nest showed the typical core bacterial sequences and only marginal differences in their characterized gut microbiota. The gut microbial communities within the adult and larval specimens differed strongly, as the typical core gut bacteria in the adult bumblebees are absent in the larval bumblebees. The bacterial communities within the larval gut are dominated by bacterial phylotypes of Enterobacteriaceae and Lactobacillaceae, supplemented with genera belonging to Corynebacteriales and Bacillales. The function of this larval gut microbiota, being different from the adult, remains to be determined.},
  author       = {Parmentier, Anneleen and Meeus, Ivan and Van Nieuwerburgh, Filip and Deforce, Dieter and Vandamme, Peter and Smagghe, Guy},
  issn         = {1672-9609},
  journal      = {INSECT SCIENCE},
  language     = {eng},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {66--74},
  title        = {A different gut microbial community between larvae and adults of a wild bumblebee nest (Bombus pascuorum)},
  url          = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.12381},
  volume       = {25},
  year         = {2018},
}
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