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Draft genome sequences of two Bifidobacterium sp. from the honey bee (Apis mellifera)
BACKGROUND: Widely considered probiotic organisms, Bifidobacteria are common inhabitants of the alimentary tract of animals including insects. Bifidobacteria identified from the honey bee are found in larval guts and throughout the alimentary tract, but attain their greatest abundance in the adult h...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3878406/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24350840 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-4749-5-42 |
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author | Anderson, Kirk E Johansson, Andreas Sheehan, Tim H Mott, Brendon M Corby-Harris, Vanessa Johnstone, Laurel Sprissler, Ryan Fitz, William |
author_facet | Anderson, Kirk E Johansson, Andreas Sheehan, Tim H Mott, Brendon M Corby-Harris, Vanessa Johnstone, Laurel Sprissler, Ryan Fitz, William |
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description | BACKGROUND: Widely considered probiotic organisms, Bifidobacteria are common inhabitants of the alimentary tract of animals including insects. Bifidobacteria identified from the honey bee are found in larval guts and throughout the alimentary tract, but attain their greatest abundance in the adult hind gut. To further understand the role of Bifidobacteria in honey bees, we sequenced two strains of Bifidobacterium cultured from different alimentary tract environments and life stages. RESULTS: Reflecting an oxygen-rich niche, both strains possessed catalase, peroxidase, superoxide-dismutase and respiratory chain enzymes indicative of oxidative metabolism. The strains show markedly different carbohydrate processing capabilities, with one possessing auxiliary and key enzymes of the Entner-Doudoroff pathway. CONCLUSIONS: As a result of long term co-evolution, honey bee associated Bifidobacterium may harbor considerable strain diversity reflecting adaptation to a variety of different honey bee microenvironments and hive-mediated vertical transmission between generations. |
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spelling | pubmed-38784062014-01-03 Draft genome sequences of two Bifidobacterium sp. from the honey bee (Apis mellifera) Anderson, Kirk E Johansson, Andreas Sheehan, Tim H Mott, Brendon M Corby-Harris, Vanessa Johnstone, Laurel Sprissler, Ryan Fitz, William Gut Pathog Genome Announcement BACKGROUND: Widely considered probiotic organisms, Bifidobacteria are common inhabitants of the alimentary tract of animals including insects. Bifidobacteria identified from the honey bee are found in larval guts and throughout the alimentary tract, but attain their greatest abundance in the adult hind gut. To further understand the role of Bifidobacteria in honey bees, we sequenced two strains of Bifidobacterium cultured from different alimentary tract environments and life stages. RESULTS: Reflecting an oxygen-rich niche, both strains possessed catalase, peroxidase, superoxide-dismutase and respiratory chain enzymes indicative of oxidative metabolism. The strains show markedly different carbohydrate processing capabilities, with one possessing auxiliary and key enzymes of the Entner-Doudoroff pathway. CONCLUSIONS: As a result of long term co-evolution, honey bee associated Bifidobacterium may harbor considerable strain diversity reflecting adaptation to a variety of different honey bee microenvironments and hive-mediated vertical transmission between generations. BioMed Central 2013-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3878406/ /pubmed/24350840 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-4749-5-42 Text en Copyright © 2013 Anderson et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Genome Announcement Anderson, Kirk E Johansson, Andreas Sheehan, Tim H Mott, Brendon M Corby-Harris, Vanessa Johnstone, Laurel Sprissler, Ryan Fitz, William Draft genome sequences of two Bifidobacterium sp. from the honey bee (Apis mellifera) |
title | Draft genome sequences of two Bifidobacterium sp. from the honey bee (Apis mellifera) |
title_full | Draft genome sequences of two Bifidobacterium sp. from the honey bee (Apis mellifera) |
title_fullStr | Draft genome sequences of two Bifidobacterium sp. from the honey bee (Apis mellifera) |
title_full_unstemmed | Draft genome sequences of two Bifidobacterium sp. from the honey bee (Apis mellifera) |
title_short | Draft genome sequences of two Bifidobacterium sp. from the honey bee (Apis mellifera) |
title_sort | draft genome sequences of two bifidobacterium sp. from the honey bee (apis mellifera) |
topic | Genome Announcement |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3878406/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24350840 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-4749-5-42 |
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