A novel bee host cannot detect a microbial parasite, in contrast to its original host
Choppin, M., and Lach, L. (2022) A novel bee host cannot detect a microbial parasite, in contrast to its original host. Insectes Sociaux, 69. pp. 289-292.
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Abstract
Organisms that can detect parasites may have a greater likelihood of avoiding exposure to them. We would expect hosts that share an evolutionary history with a parasite to be more likely to detect and avoid it compared to novel hosts. Nosema ceranae is a gut parasite of the Asian honey bee, Apis cerana, that has relatively recently been detected in the western honey bee, Apis mellifera. Using a Proboscis Extension Response assay, we found that A. cerana was significantly more likely than A. mellifera to avoid sucrose solutions with concentrations above 1 x 10(6) N. ceranae spores per mL. However, neither species avoided the sucrose solutions with lower N. ceranae concentrations, similar to those detected on flowers.
| Item ID: | 73774 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1420-9098 |
| Keywords: | Apis cerana, Apis mellifera, Behavior, Nosema ceranae, Parasite detection, Proboscis extension response |
| Copyright Information: | © The Author(s) 2022. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
| Research Data: | https://doi.org/10.25903/28xb-cy60 |
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2022 08:14 |
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