Microbiome Evolution: Having the Guts to Be Different

Waldan K Kwong

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.040

Microbiome Evolution: Having the Guts to Be Different

Curr Biol. 2020 Jul 6;30(13):R766-R768. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.040.

Author

Waldan K Kwong¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada. Electronic address: waldankwong@gmail.com.

PMID: 32634417
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.040

Abstract

Metagenomic sequencing of the gut microbial communities of two closely related bee species, the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) and the Eastern honey bee (Apis cerana), show that organisms with similar characteristics can harbor unexpected differences in their microbiomes.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Bees
Gastrointestinal Microbiome*
Microbiota*