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Antibiotics hurt bee gut and survival
Tetracycline shrinks the honeybee gut microbiome and elevates mortality after hive return.
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Antibiotic?
Tetracycline.
Source: Antibiotic exposure perturbs the gut microbiota and elevates mortality in honeybees · DOI · quote verified
Core species?
Eight.
Source: Antibiotic exposure perturbs the gut microbiota and elevates mortality in honeybees · DOI · quote verified
Affected core taxa?
Four significantly reduced.
Source: Antibiotic exposure perturbs the gut microbiota and elevates mortality in honeybees · DOI · quote verified
Mortality?
Elevated after tetracycline.
Source: Antibiotic exposure perturbs the gut microbiota and elevates mortality in honeybees · DOI · quote verified
Germ-free?
No antibiotic mortality increase.
Source: Antibiotic exposure perturbs the gut microbiota and elevates mortality in honeybees · DOI · quote verified
Hardest-hit taxa?
Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus groups.
Source: Antibiotic exposure perturbs the gut microbiota and elevates mortality in honeybees · DOI · quote verified
Core dominance?
95–99% of gut bacteria.
Source: Antibiotic exposure perturbs the gut microbiota and elevates mortality in honeybees · DOI · quote verified
Design?
Treat, return to hive, census microbiome/survival.
Source: Antibiotic exposure perturbs the gut microbiota and elevates mortality in honeybees · DOI · quote verified
Limit?
One antibiotic; hive context complex.
Source: Antibiotic exposure perturbs the gut microbiota and elevates mortality in honeybees · DOI · quote verified
Takeaway?
Bee health depends on intact gut symbionts.
Source: Antibiotic exposure perturbs the gut microbiota and elevates mortality in honeybees · DOI · quote verified