Danny W. Rice

This study identifies the conserved two-component system ChvGI as essential for the honey bee symbiont Bombella apis to survive in harsh host environments and regulate key bacterial behaviors.

This paper shows a bacterial consortium degrades PET plastic through ancestral hydrocarbon metabolism and division of labor, not specialized PET pathways.

The paper identifies phages and plasmids in Bombella apis symbionts across colonies, revealing MGE diversity and potential horizontal gene transfer from acetic acid bacteria.

The paper analyzes CRISPR-Cas system variation in Bombella apis strains and identifies spacer interactions with mobile elements across honey bee microbiome members.

This study analyzes the honey bee queen microbiome using metagenomics, revealing low bacterial diversity and the presence of Caudoviricetes phages.