Patrick J. Lariviere

This study shows that colibactin from the honeybee symbiont Frischella perrara defends against pathogens and influences gut microbial community structure.

The paper discovers that Snodgrassella alvi, a core bee gut bacterium, is naturally competent, enabling high rates of DNA transfer between strains, which has implications for its evolution and potential microbiome engineering applications.

This study identifies biofilm-forming adhesins in Snodgrassella alvi that are essential for its mutualistic colonization of the bee gut.

The paper develops a one-step genome editing method for Snodgrassella alvi, enabling gene knockouts and insertions with high accuracy and validation of mutant phenotypes.

This paper describes a method to study gene function in bees using engineered gut bacteria to induce RNA interference, achieving up to 75% gene knockdown.