Genomic changes underlying host specialization in the bee gut symbiont Lactobacillus Firm5
K. M. Ellegaard, S. Brochet, G. Bonilla-Rosso, O. Emery, N. Glover, N. Hadadi, K. S. Jaron, J. R. van der Meer, M. Robinson-Rechavi, V. Sentchilo, F. Tagini, SAGE class 2016-17, P. Engel
This study identifies genomic changes in Lactobacillus Firm5 strains from honey bees and bumble bees that underlie host specialization, showing honey bee strains have greater metabolic flexibility.
bioRxiv · Mar 8, 2019Microbiology