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Table 2 Temporal changes in core microbiota between T0 and T1 across bee digestive samples in hives a and B

From: Effects of a supplemented diet containing 7 probiotic strains (Honeybeeotic) on honeybee physiology and immune response: analysis of hemolymph cytology, phenoloxidase activity, and gut microbiome

Taxa

sample

Crop

Midgut

Ileum

Rectum

Hive A

Hive B

Hive A

Hive B

Hive A

Hive B

Hive A

Hive B

 

Snodgrassella alvi

↓

↑

↑

↓

↓

↓

↑

↑

 

Gilliamella apicola

↓

↓

↓

↓

↓

=

↓

↑

 

Bifidobacterium asteroides

↓

↑

↓

↑

↑

=

↑

↓

Lactobacillus

Firm-4

B. mellis

=

↑

↓

↑

↑

↑

↑

↓

L. mellifer

=

↑

↑

↑

↑

↑

↑

=

Lactobacillus

Firm-5

L. helsingborgensis

↑

↑

↓

=

↓

↑

=

↓

L. melliventris

↑

↑

↓

↑

↑

↑

↓

=

L. kimbladii

=

↑

↓

↑

=

=

↑

↑

  1. ↑ indicates a quantitative increase in bacterial abundance from T0 to T1; ↓ indicates a quantitative decrease in bacterial abundance from T0 to T1; = indicates no change in bacterial abundance from T0 to T1