Honeybee gut microbiota promotes host weight gain via bacterial metabolism and hormonal signaling

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 18, 2017, Pages 4775-4780

  Zheng, Hao ^a   Powell, J Elijah ^a   Steele, Margaret I ^a   Dietrich, Carsten ^b   Moran, Nancy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gut microbiota; Honeybee; Insulin; Metabolomics; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; SUCROSE; VITELLOGENIN; INSECT HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; HEMOLYMPH; HONEYBEE; HORMONE ACTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ILEUM; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIONT; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BEE; BODY WEIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BEES; BODY WEIGHT; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; INSECT HORMONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85018966034     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1701819114     Document Type: Article

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