Host-derived organic acids enable gut colonization of the honey bee symbiont Snodgrassella alvi.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC11343714 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb
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Host-derived organic acids enable gut colonization of the honey bee symbiont Snodgrassella alvi.
Quinn Andrew A El Chazli Yassine Y Escrig Stéphane S Daraspe Jean J Neuschwander Nicolas N McNally Aoife A Genoud Christel C Meibom Anders A Engel Philipp P
Nature microbiology 20240115 2
Diverse bacteria can colonize the animal gut using dietary nutrients or by engaging in microbial crossfeeding interactions. Less is known about the role of host-derived nutrients in enabling gut bacterial colonization. Here we examined metabolic interactions within the evolutionary ancient symbiosis between the honey bee (Apis mellifera) and the core gut microbiota member Snodgrassella alvi. This betaproteobacterium is incapable of metabolizing saccharides, yet colonizes the honey bee gut in the ...[more]
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