Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Curr Opin Microbiol. 2018 Jun;43:69-76. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2017.12.009. Epub 2018 Jan 12.
Gut microbiota studies on diverse animals facilitate our understanding of the general principles governing microbiota-host interactions. The honey bee adds a relevant study system due to the simplicity and experimental tractability of its gut microbiota, but also because bees are important pollinators that suffer from population declines worldwide. The use of gnotobiotic bees combined with genetic tools, 'omics' analysis, and experimental microbiology has recently provided important insights about the impact of the microbiota on bee health and the general functioning of gut ecosystems.
对不同动物的肠道微生物组研究有助于我们理解支配微生物组-宿主相互作用的一般原则。由于其肠道微生物组的简单性和实验可操作性，蜜蜂成为了一个相关的研究系统，但蜜蜂也是重要的传粉媒介，它们在全球范围内的数量正在减少，这也是一个重要的原因。无菌蜜蜂的使用结合了遗传工具、“组学”分析和实验微生物学，最近为了解微生物组对蜜蜂健康和肠道生态系统的一般功能的影响提供了重要的见解。
