Gut microbiome drives individual memory variation in bumblebees

Li Li; Cwyn Solvi; Feng Zhang; Zhaoyang Qi; Lars Chittka; Wei Zhao

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26833-4

Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Gut microbiome drives individual memory variation in bumblebees

Li Li,
Cwyn Solvi,
Feng Zhang,
Zhaoyang Qi,
Lars Chittka,
Wei Zhao

Affiliations

Li Li: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University
Cwyn Solvi: Ecology and Genetics Research Unit, University of Oulu
Feng Zhang: Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University
Zhaoyang Qi: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University
Lars Chittka: School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London
Wei Zhao: State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26833-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Whether gut microbes drive cognitive differences in natural populations of animals remains unknown. Here, Li et al. demonstrate a causal link between increased symbiotic Lactobacillus Firm-5 species (L. apis) and improved long-term memory in bumblebees.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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