Advances in research on honey bee gut microbiota, including anaerobic culturing methods
Author of the article:DONG Zhi-Xiang1** LI Huan-Yuan1 CHEN Yi-Fei1 ZHANG Qi-Lin1 LI Ji-Lian2*** GUO Jun1***
Author's Workplace:(1. College of Life Science, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China; 2. Institute of Apiculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100093, China)
Key Words:honeybee, gut microbiota, anaerobic cultivation
Abstract:
Gut microbiota have many potential beneficial effects on the digestion,
nutrition, resistance and health, of bees. To better understand the gut
microbiota of pollinators, this paper summarizes artificial cultivation methods
for, and biological characteristics of, honey bee gut microbiota, including the
bacterial genera Snodgrassella, Gilliamella, Frischella, Lactobacillus,
and Bifidobacterium, as well as two
anaerobic bacterial compositions, alpha-1 and alpha-2. This knowledge will help
isolate bacterial species for further research on their specific function in
the honey bee, an approach that will facilitate better understanding of the
role played by gut microbiota in bee nutrition and health.