Abdominal microbial communities in ants depend on colony membership rather than caste and are linked to colony productivity

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DOI
10.1002/ece3.5801
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  • Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: SA8KS
  • PubMed Identifier: 31871657
ISSN
2045-7758
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23
Zeitschrift
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
Schlüsselwörter
  • 16S rRNA sequencing
  • colony fitness
  • colony phenotype
  • gut bacteria
  • social insects
  • Temnothorax
Paginierung
13450 - 13467
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2019
Status
Published
Titel
Abdominal microbial communities in ants depend on colony membership rather than caste and are linked to colony productivity
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  • Article
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9

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Gut bacteria aid their host in digestion and pathogen defense, and bacterial communities that differ in diversity or composition may vary in their ability to do so. Typically, the gut microbiomes of animals living in social groups converge as members share a nest environment and frequently interact. Social insect colonies, however, consist of individuals that differ in age, physiology, and behavior, traits that could affect gut communities or that expose the host to different bacteria, potentially leading to variation in the gut microbiome within colonies. Here we asked whether bacterial communities in the abdomen of <jats:italic>Temnothorax nylanderi</jats:italic> ants, composed largely of the gut microbiome, differ between different reproductive and behavioral castes. We compared microbiomes of queens, newly eclosed workers, brood carers, and foragers by high‐throughput 16S rRNA sequencing. Additionally, we sampled individuals from the same colonies twice, in the field and after 2 months of laboratory housing. To disentangle the effects of laboratory environment and season on microbial communities, additional colonies were collected at the same location after 2 months. There were no large differences between ant castes, although queens harbored more diverse microbial communities than workers. Instead, we found effects of colony, environment, and season on the abdominal microbiome. Interestingly, colonies with more diverse communities had produced more brood. Moreover, the queens' microbiome composition was linked to egg production. Although long‐term coevolution between social insects and gut bacteria has been repeatedly evidenced, our study is the first to find associations between abdominal microbiome characteristics and colony productivity in social insects.</jats:p>
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DOI
10.1002/ece3.5801
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2045-7758
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2045-7758
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
23
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Ecology and Evolution
Sprache
en
Online publication date
2019
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13450 - 13467
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2019
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Published
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Wiley
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5801
Datum der Datenerfassung
2023
Titel
Abdominal microbial communities in ants depend on colony membership rather than caste and are linked to colony productivity
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
9

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Abstract
Gut bacteria aid their host in digestion and pathogen defense, and bacterial communities that differ in diversity or composition may vary in their ability to do so. Typically, the gut microbiomes of animals living in social groups converge as members share a nest environment and frequently interact. Social insect colonies, however, consist of individuals that differ in age, physiology, and behavior, traits that could affect gut communities or that expose the host to different bacteria, potentially leading to variation in the gut microbiome within colonies. Here we asked whether bacterial communities in the abdomen of <i>Temnothorax nylanderi</i> ants, composed largely of the gut microbiome, differ between different reproductive and behavioral castes. We compared microbiomes of queens, newly eclosed workers, brood carers, and foragers by high-throughput 16S rRNA sequencing. Additionally, we sampled individuals from the same colonies twice, in the field and after 2 months of laboratory housing. To disentangle the effects of laboratory environment and season on microbial communities, additional colonies were collected at the same location after 2 months. There were no large differences between ant castes, although queens harbored more diverse microbial communities than workers. Instead, we found effects of colony, environment, and season on the abdominal microbiome. Interestingly, colonies with more diverse communities had produced more brood. Moreover, the queens' microbiome composition was linked to egg production. Although long-term coevolution between social insects and gut bacteria has been repeatedly evidenced, our study is the first to find associations between abdominal microbiome characteristics and colony productivity in social insects.
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  • LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG) Frankfurt Germany.
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DOI
10.1002/ece3.5801
eISSN
2045-7758
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  • PubMed Identifier: 31871657
  • PubMed Central ID: PMC6912891
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2045-7758
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Ecology and evolution
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eng
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2019
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13450 - 13467
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2019
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Datum der Datenerfassung
2019
Titel
Abdominal microbial communities in ants depend on colony membership rather than caste and are linked to colony productivity.
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  • research-article
  • Journal Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
9

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Abstract
Gut bacteria aid their host in digestion and pathogen defense, and bacterial communities that differ in diversity or composition may vary in their ability to do so. Typically, the gut microbiomes of animals living in social groups converge as members share a nest environment and frequently interact. Social insect colonies, however, consist of individuals that differ in age, physiology, and behavior, traits that could affect gut communities or that expose the host to different bacteria, potentially leading to variation in the gut microbiome within colonies. Here we asked whether bacterial communities in the abdomen of Temnothorax nylanderi ants, composed largely of the gut microbiome, differ between different reproductive and behavioral castes. We compared microbiomes of queens, newly eclosed workers, brood carers, and foragers by high-throughput 16S rRNA sequencing. Additionally, we sampled individuals from the same colonies twice, in the field and after 2 months of laboratory housing. To disentangle the effects of laboratory environment and season on microbial communities, additional colonies were collected at the same location after 2 months. There were no large differences between ant castes, although queens harbored more diverse microbial communities than workers. Instead, we found effects of colony, environment, and season on the abdominal microbiome. Interestingly, colonies with more diverse communities had produced more brood. Moreover, the queens' microbiome composition was linked to egg production. Although long-term coevolution between social insects and gut bacteria has been repeatedly evidenced, our study is the first to find associations between abdominal microbiome characteristics and colony productivity in social insects.
Date of acceptance
2019
Autoren
Autoren-URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31871657
DOI
10.1002/ece3.5801
Externe Identifier
  • PubMed Central ID: PMC6912891
ISSN
2045-7758
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
23
Zeitschrift
Ecol Evol
Schlüsselwörter
  • 16S rRNA sequencing
  • Temnothorax
  • colony fitness
  • colony phenotype
  • gut bacteria
  • social insects
Sprache
eng
Country
England
Paginierung
13450 - 13467
PII
ECE35801
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2019
Status
Published online
Titel
Abdominal microbial communities in ants depend on colony membership rather than caste and are linked to colony productivity.
Sub types
  • Journal Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
9

Data source: PubMed

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CC-BY
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Universitätsbibliothek Mainz
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URN
urn:nbn:de:hebis:77-publ-595890
DOI
10.1002/ece3.5801
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  • DFG, Open Access-Publizieren Universität Mainz / Universitätsmedizin
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2045-7758
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23
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Ecology and evolution
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  • 570 Biowissenschaften
  • 570 Life sciences
Sprache
eng
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Open Access
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13450 - 13467
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2019
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https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/45
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5801
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2020
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2020
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Abdominal microbial communities in ants depend on colony membership rather than caste and are linked to colony productivity
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
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