Microbial community profiling and culturing reveal functional groups of bacteria associated with Thai commercial stingless worker bees (Tetragonula pagdeni).
Stingless bees play a crucial role in the environment and agriculture as they are effective pollinators. Furthermore, they can produce various products that can be exploited economically, such as propolis and honey. Despite their economic value, the knowledge of microbial community of stingless bees...
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| author | Chainarong Sinpoo Ammarin In-On Nuttapol Noirungsee Korrawat Attasopa Panuwan Chantawannakul Veeranan Chaimanee Patcharin Phokasem Tial Cung Ling Witoon Purahong Terd Disayathanoowat |
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| description | Stingless bees play a crucial role in the environment and agriculture as they are effective pollinators. Furthermore, they can produce various products that can be exploited economically, such as propolis and honey. Despite their economic value, the knowledge of microbial community of stingless bees, and their roles on the bees' health, especially in Thailand, are in its infancy. This study aimed to investigate the composition and the functions of bacterial community associated with Tetragonula pagdeni stingless bees using culture-independent and culture-dependent approaches with emphasis on lactic acid bacteria. The culture-independent results showed that the dominant bacterial phyla were Firmicutes, Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria. The most abundant families were Lactobacillaceae and Halomonadaceae. Functional prediction indicated that the prevalent functions of bacterial communities were chemoheterotrophy and fermentation. In addition, the bacterial community might be able to biosynthesize amino acid and antimicrobial compounds. Further isolation and characterization resulted in isolates that belonged to the dominant taxa of the community and possessed potentially beneficial metabolic activity. This suggested that they are parts of the nutrient acquisition and host defense bacterial functional groups in Thai commercial stingless bees. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b1df610c7bb4842b9940b1bc4c77bd12023-04-14T05:31:34ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01183e028007510.1371/journal.pone.0280075Microbial community profiling and culturing reveal functional groups of bacteria associated with Thai commercial stingless worker bees (Tetragonula pagdeni).Chainarong SinpooAmmarin In-OnNuttapol NoirungseeKorrawat AttasopaPanuwan ChantawannakulVeeranan ChaimaneePatcharin PhokasemTial Cung LingWitoon PurahongTerd DisayathanoowatStingless bees play a crucial role in the environment and agriculture as they are effective pollinators. Furthermore, they can produce various products that can be exploited economically, such as propolis and honey. Despite their economic value, the knowledge of microbial community of stingless bees, and their roles on the bees' health, especially in Thailand, are in its infancy. This study aimed to investigate the composition and the functions of bacterial community associated with Tetragonula pagdeni stingless bees using culture-independent and culture-dependent approaches with emphasis on lactic acid bacteria. The culture-independent results showed that the dominant bacterial phyla were Firmicutes, Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria. The most abundant families were Lactobacillaceae and Halomonadaceae. Functional prediction indicated that the prevalent functions of bacterial communities were chemoheterotrophy and fermentation. In addition, the bacterial community might be able to biosynthesize amino acid and antimicrobial compounds. Further isolation and characterization resulted in isolates that belonged to the dominant taxa of the community and possessed potentially beneficial metabolic activity. This suggested that they are parts of the nutrient acquisition and host defense bacterial functional groups in Thai commercial stingless bees.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280075 |
| spellingShingle | Chainarong Sinpoo Ammarin In-On Nuttapol Noirungsee Korrawat Attasopa Panuwan Chantawannakul Veeranan Chaimanee Patcharin Phokasem Tial Cung Ling Witoon Purahong Terd Disayathanoowat Microbial community profiling and culturing reveal functional groups of bacteria associated with Thai commercial stingless worker bees (Tetragonula pagdeni). PLoS ONE |
| title | Microbial community profiling and culturing reveal functional groups of bacteria associated with Thai commercial stingless worker bees (Tetragonula pagdeni). |
| title_full | Microbial community profiling and culturing reveal functional groups of bacteria associated with Thai commercial stingless worker bees (Tetragonula pagdeni). |
| title_fullStr | Microbial community profiling and culturing reveal functional groups of bacteria associated with Thai commercial stingless worker bees (Tetragonula pagdeni). |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microbial community profiling and culturing reveal functional groups of bacteria associated with Thai commercial stingless worker bees (Tetragonula pagdeni). |
| title_short | Microbial community profiling and culturing reveal functional groups of bacteria associated with Thai commercial stingless worker bees (Tetragonula pagdeni). |
| title_sort | microbial community profiling and culturing reveal functional groups of bacteria associated with thai commercial stingless worker bees tetragonula pagdeni |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280075 |
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