Higher Variability in Fungi Compared to Bacteria in the Foraging Honey Bee
L. Decker, P. A. San Juan, M. L. Warren, C. E. Duckworth, C. Gao, T. Fukami
The paper compares fungal and bacterial diversity in different gut regions of foraging honey bees, finding greater variability in fungi across gut regions and collection sites, suggesting they may be transient rather than functional symbionts.
bioRxiv · Oct 20, 2020Ecology