Caffeine Consumption Helps Honey Bees Fight a Bacterial Pathogen

Caffeine Consumption Helps Honey Bees Fight a Bacterial Pathogen

ABSTRACT Caffeine has long been used as a stimulant by humans. Although this secondary metabolite is produced by some plants as a mechanism of defense against herbivores, beneficial or detrimental effects of such consumption are usually associated with dose. The Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, ca...

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Main Authors: Erick V. S. Motta, Ryan L. W. Arnott, Nancy A. Moran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-06-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Apis mellifera
alkaloids
gut microbiome
pathogens
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00520-23

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