Microbiome assembly and maintenance across the lifespan of bumble bee workers
T. J. Hammer, A. Easton-Calabria, N. A. Moran
This study examines the temporal dynamics of the bumblebee worker gut microbiome across their lifespan, finding predictable assembly patterns and stabilization of both microbiome and host transcriptome with age.
bioRxiv · May 11, 2022Microbiology