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The Bee Microbiome: Impact on Bee Health and Model for Evolution and Ecology of Host-Microbe Interactions

Philipp Engel, Waldan K. Kwong, Quinn McFrederick, Kirk E. Anderson, Seth Michael Barribeau, James Angus Chandler, R. Scott Cornman, Jacques Dainat, Joachim R. de Miranda, Vincent Doublet, Olivier Emery, Jay D. Evans, Laurent Farinelli, Michelle L. Flenniken, Fredrik Granberg, Juris A. Grasis, Laurent Gauthier, Juliette Hayer, Hauke Koch, Sarah Kocher, Vincent G. Martinson, Nancy Moran, Monica Munoz-Torres, Irene Newton, Robert J. Paxton, Eli Powell, Ben M. Sadd, Paul Schmid-Hempel, Regula Schmid-Hempel, Se Jin Song, Ryan S. Schwarz, Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Benjamin Dainat
Gregory B. Hurst, Invited Editor, R. John Collier, Editor
Philipp Engel
aDepartment of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Waldan K. Kwong
bEcology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
cDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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Quinn McFrederick
dDepartment of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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Kirk E. Anderson
eUSDA, Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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Seth Michael Barribeau
fDepartment of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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James Angus Chandler
gDepartment of Microbiology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA
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R. Scott Cornman
hU.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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Jacques Dainat
iBioinformatics Infrastructure for Life Sciences (BILS), Linköpings Universitet Victoria Westling, Linköping, Sweden, and Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Joachim R. de Miranda
jDepartment of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Vincent Doublet
kInstitute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
lGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Olivier Emery
aDepartment of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Jay D. Evans
mUSDA, ARS Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA
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Laurent Farinelli
nFasteris SA, Plan -les-Ouates, Switzerland
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Michelle L. Flenniken
oDepartment of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
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Fredrik Granberg
pSLU, BVF, Virologi, Uppsala, Sweden
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Juris A. Grasis
qDepartment of Biology, North Life Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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Laurent Gauthier
aDepartment of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
bEcology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Juliette Hayer
rSLU, Institutionen för Husdjursgenetik, Uppsala, Sweden
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Hauke Koch
cDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
sRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Sarah Kocher
tDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge , Massachusetts , USA
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Vincent G. Martinson
uDepartment of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
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cDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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Monica Munoz-Torres
vEnvironmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley , California , USA
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Irene Newton
wDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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Robert J. Paxton
kInstitute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
lGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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cDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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Ben M. Sadd
xSchool of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA
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Paul Schmid-Hempel
yETHZ Institut für Integrative Biologie, Zurich, Switzerland
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Regula Schmid-Hempel
yETHZ Institut für Integrative Biologie, Zurich, Switzerland
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Se Jin Song
zUniversity of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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Ryan S. Schwarz
mUSDA, ARS Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA
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Dennis vanEngelsdorp
aaDepartment of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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Benjamin Dainat
abAgroscope, Swiss Bee Research Centre, Bern, Switzerland
acBee Health Extension Service, Apiservice, Bern , Switzerland
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Harvard Medical School
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DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02164-15
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ABSTRACT

As pollinators, bees are cornerstones for terrestrial ecosystem stability and key components in agricultural productivity. All animals, including bees, are associated with a diverse community of microbes, commonly referred to as the microbiome. The bee microbiome is likely to be a crucial factor affecting host health. However, with the exception of a few pathogens, the impacts of most members of the bee microbiome on host health are poorly understood. Further, the evolutionary and ecological forces that shape and change the microbiome are unclear. Here, we discuss recent progress in our understanding of the bee microbiome, and we present challenges associated with its investigation. We conclude that global coordination of research efforts is needed to fully understand the complex and highly dynamic nature of the interplay between the bee microbiome, its host, and the environment. High-throughput sequencing technologies are ideal for exploring complex biological systems, including host-microbe interactions. To maximize their value and to improve assessment of the factors affecting bee health, sequence data should be archived, curated, and analyzed in ways that promote the synthesis of different studies. To this end, the BeeBiome consortium aims to develop an online database which would provide reference sequences, archive metadata, and host analytical resources. The goal would be to support applied and fundamental research on bees and their associated microbes and to provide a collaborative framework for sharing primary data from different research programs, thus furthering our understanding of the bee microbiome and its impact on pollinator health.

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The Bee Microbiome: Impact on Bee Health and Model for Evolution and Ecology of Host-Microbe Interactions
Philipp Engel, Waldan K. Kwong, Quinn McFrederick, Kirk E. Anderson, Seth Michael Barribeau, James Angus Chandler, R. Scott Cornman, Jacques Dainat, Joachim R. de Miranda, Vincent Doublet, Olivier Emery, Jay D. Evans, Laurent Farinelli, Michelle L. Flenniken, Fredrik Granberg, Juris A. Grasis, Laurent Gauthier, Juliette Hayer, Hauke Koch, Sarah Kocher, Vincent G. Martinson, Nancy Moran, Monica Munoz-Torres, Irene Newton, Robert J. Paxton, Eli Powell, Ben M. Sadd, Paul Schmid-Hempel, Regula Schmid-Hempel, Se Jin Song, Ryan S. Schwarz, Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Benjamin Dainat
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The Bee Microbiome: Impact on Bee Health and Model for Evolution and Ecology of Host-Microbe Interactions
Philipp Engel, Waldan K. Kwong, Quinn McFrederick, Kirk E. Anderson, Seth Michael Barribeau, James Angus Chandler, R. Scott Cornman, Jacques Dainat, Joachim R. de Miranda, Vincent Doublet, Olivier Emery, Jay D. Evans, Laurent Farinelli, Michelle L. Flenniken, Fredrik Granberg, Juris A. Grasis, Laurent Gauthier, Juliette Hayer, Hauke Koch, Sarah Kocher, Vincent G. Martinson, Nancy Moran, Monica Munoz-Torres, Irene Newton, Robert J. Paxton, Eli Powell, Ben M. Sadd, Paul Schmid-Hempel, Regula Schmid-Hempel, Se Jin Song, Ryan S. Schwarz, Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Benjamin Dainat
mBio Apr 2016, 7 (2) e02164-15; DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02164-15
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