Air pollution modifies key colonization factors of the beneficial bee gut symbiont Snodgrassella alvi and disrupts the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) gut microbiome.
H. R. Sampson, N. Allcock, E. B. Mallon, J. M. Ketley, J. A. Morrissey
This study shows black carbon exposure alters the gut microbiome of bumblebees by affecting the beneficial bacterium Snodgrassella alvi and changing the abundance of core gut bacteria.
bioRxiv · Aug 4, 2023Microbiology