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Genome Sequences of Apibacter spp., Gut Symbionts of Asian Honey Bees

Honey bees have distinct gut microbiomes consisting almost entirely of several host-specific bacterial species. We present the genomes of three strains of Apibacter spp., bacteria of the Bacteroidetes phylum that are endemic to Asian honey bee species (Apis dorsata and Apis cerana). The Apibacter st...

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Autores principales: Kwong, Waldan K, Steele, Margaret I, Moran, Nancy A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5913662/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29635372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy076
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description Honey bees have distinct gut microbiomes consisting almost entirely of several host-specific bacterial species. We present the genomes of three strains of Apibacter spp., bacteria of the Bacteroidetes phylum that are endemic to Asian honey bee species (Apis dorsata and Apis cerana). The Apibacter strains have similar metabolic abilities to each other and to Apibacter mensalis, a species isolated from a bumble bee. They use microaerobic respiration and fermentation to catabolize a limited set of monosaccharides and dicarboxylic acids. All strains are capable of gliding motility and encode a type IX secretion system. Two strains and A. mensalis have type VI secretion systems, and all strains encode Rhs or VgrG proteins used in intercellular interactions. The characteristics of Apibacter spp. are consistent with adaptions to life in a gut environment; however, the factors responsible for host-specificity and mutualistic interactions remain to be uncovered.
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spelling pubmed-59136622018-04-30 Genome Sequences of Apibacter spp., Gut Symbionts of Asian Honey Bees Kwong, Waldan K Steele, Margaret I Moran, Nancy A Genome Biol Evol Genome Report Honey bees have distinct gut microbiomes consisting almost entirely of several host-specific bacterial species. We present the genomes of three strains of Apibacter spp., bacteria of the Bacteroidetes phylum that are endemic to Asian honey bee species (Apis dorsata and Apis cerana). The Apibacter strains have similar metabolic abilities to each other and to Apibacter mensalis, a species isolated from a bumble bee. They use microaerobic respiration and fermentation to catabolize a limited set of monosaccharides and dicarboxylic acids. All strains are capable of gliding motility and encode a type IX secretion system. Two strains and A. mensalis have type VI secretion systems, and all strains encode Rhs or VgrG proteins used in intercellular interactions. The characteristics of Apibacter spp. are consistent with adaptions to life in a gut environment; however, the factors responsible for host-specificity and mutualistic interactions remain to be uncovered. Oxford University Press 2018-04-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5913662/ /pubmed/29635372 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy076 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Genome Sequences of Apibacter spp., Gut Symbionts of Asian Honey Bees
title_full_unstemmed Genome Sequences of Apibacter spp., Gut Symbionts of Asian Honey Bees
title_short Genome Sequences of Apibacter spp., Gut Symbionts of Asian Honey Bees
title_sort genome sequences of apibacter spp., gut symbionts of asian honey bees
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5913662/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29635372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy076
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