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Screening of Bacterial Microflora from the Gastrointestinal tract of Apis mellifera (Apidae; Hymenoptera), its Brood and Soil samples from Prayagraj District: A Brief Study

Author(s) Nishi Sewak, Sujata Sharma, Anjali Verma
Country India
Abstract interestingly emphasized on the symbiotic association existing between them and honeybees. Previous studies have revealed very scarce reports on the studies of gut microflora of honeybees especially Uttar Pradesh, India. With this idea research was carried out to screen the microflora in the gut of live and dead worker honeybees (Apis mellifera) and their associated brood and soil samples, from the popular local apiaries located at two different regions of Prayagraj district India. Bacteriae identified from the gut of live and dead bees and brood and soil samples from both the sites belonged to the genus Staphylococcus, Enterobacter, Enterococcus, Bacillus and Pseudomonas. Microflora obtained from all the samples of site IFFCO Cordet showed significant results. It was found that the samples from live bees were significantly different from the bacterial counts obtained from the brood samples, while the bacteria isolated from the sample of dead bee was significantly different from both the samples of brood and soil respectively. Results of different samples from Jhunsi Chatnag site were found to be significantly different from each other. Highest bacterial count was obtained from live honey bee gut sample of IFFCO Cordet. The findings showed that there is a firm relationship between the gastrointestinal microflora balance and the health status of the host. It was concluded that Bacillus, Enterobacter and Enterococcus are reported to have positive symbiotic relationship with Apis mellifera and at the same time, present findings reports for the absence of Enterobacter and Bacillus in the gut of bee. Pseudomonas are reported as to be involved in xenobiotic degradation. At the same time species of Pseudomonas and Staphylococcus aureus can be so harmful that they may lead to colony collapse. Accordingly, our findings reports on the presence of both Pseudomonas and Staphylococcus in the dead bee samples. Thus, bacteria isolated in the findings can be further identified for their strains for better understanding the significance and relationship with its host and its specific utility can be further exploited at industrial levels as well.
Keywords Honeybees, gut microflora, bacteria
Field Biology > Zoology
Published In Volume 6, Issue 3, May-June 2024
Published On 2024-06-21
Cite This Screening of Bacterial Microflora from the Gastrointestinal tract of Apis mellifera (Apidae; Hymenoptera), its Brood and Soil samples from Prayagraj District: A Brief Study - Nishi Sewak, Sujata Sharma, Anjali Verma - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 3, May-June 2024. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i03.23009
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i03.23009
Short DOI https://doi.org/gt2bv2
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