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A defined community of core gut microbiota members promotes cognitive performance in honey bees
Cabirol, A., Quinn, A., Schafer, J., Neuschwander, N., Kesner, L., Liberti, J., and Engel, P. (2026).
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2608600123
Priority effects drive strain-level community composition of honeybee gut microbiota
Prasad, A., Santos-Matos, G., Szigeti-Genoud, A., Mazel, F., Engel, P. (2026).
https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrag056
Evolution of gut microbiota across honeybee species revealed by comparative metagenomics
Prasad, A., Pallujam A. D., Siddaganga, R., Suryanarayanan, A., Mazel, F., Brockmann, A., Yek. S. H., Engel, P. (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-64115-5
Host specificity of gut microbiota associated with social bees: patterns and processes
Mazel, F., Prasad, A., Engel, P. (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1128/mmbr.00080-23
Genomic and phenotypic imprints of microbial domestication on cheese starter cultures
Sommerville, V., Thierer, N., Mazel, F., Engel, P., et al. (2024).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52687-7
Fecal transplant allows transmission of the gut microbiota in honey bees
Cabirol, A., Chhun, A., Liberti, J., Kesner, L., Neuschwander, N., Schaerli, Y., Engel, P. (2024).
https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00262-24
Gut microbiota influences onset of foraging-related behavior but not physiological hallmarks of division of labor in honeybees
Liberti, J., Frank, E. T., Kay, T., Kesner, L., Monie-Ibanes, M., Quinn, A., Schmitt, T., Keller, L., Engel, P. (2024).
https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01034-24
Interplay between gut symbionts and behavioral variation in social insects
Liberti, J., Engel, P., Cabirol, A. (2024).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2024.101233
An engineered bacterial symbiont allows noninvasive biosensing of the honey bee gut environment
Chhun, A., Moriano-Gutierrez, S., Zoppi, F., Cabirol, A., Engel, P., Schaerli, Y. (2024).
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002523
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