Symbiont loss and gain, rather than co-diversification shapes honeybee gut microbiota diversity and function
Aiswarya Prasad, Asha Devi Pallujam, Rajath Siddaganga…·Philipp Engel
The paper analyzes honeybee gut microbiota using shotgun metagenomics to show that symbiont gains, losses, and replacements drive diversity and function, rather than co-diversification.