characteristics.text: ERC000013
characteristics.characteristic: ENA-CHECKLIST
characteristics.text: 2017-12-30T17:02:51Z
characteristics.characteristic: ENA-FIRST-PUBLIC
characteristics.text: 2017-09-19T16:43:40Z
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characteristics.text: SAMEA104311239
characteristics.characteristic: External Id
characteristics.text: CEH
characteristics.characteristic: INSDC center name
characteristics.text: 2017-12-30T17:02:51Z
characteristics.characteristic: INSDC first public
characteristics.text: 2017-09-19T16:43:40Z
characteristics.characteristic: INSDC last update
characteristics.text: public
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characteristics.text: ERS1936217
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characteristics.text: Unique311
characteristics.characteristic: Submitter Id
characteristics.text: 2015
characteristics.characteristic: collection date
characteristics.text: Current understanding of the gut microbiota within the important bumblebee pollinator species, Bombus terrestris, is largely based upon the worker caste. However, the distinct phenotypic and behavioural differences that occur throughout development, and between castes, could have large impacts on the structure of host microbiota communities.We investigated the gut microbiota of different castes and larval stages as they developed in controlled and natural environments. This provides the first complete assessment of microbiota assembly across the B. terrestris lifecycle. We show that there were distinct differences in caste microbiota composition between development stages. The typical pathway of microbial colonisation in developing workers was mainly comprised of four dominant ‘core species’ which were abundant in colonies reared both in the lab and in the field. This suggests that the acquisition of dominant microbiota species is more influenced by maternal characteristics, while foraging affects the dynamics of rare species.
characteristics.characteristic: description
characteristics.text: Gut
characteristics.ontologyTerms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001007
characteristics.characteristic: environment (biome)
characteristics.text: Gut
characteristics.ontologyTerms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001007
characteristics.characteristic: environment (feature)
characteristics.text: Gut
characteristics.ontologyTerms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001007
characteristics.characteristic: environment (material)
characteristics.text: United Kingdom
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characteristics.characteristic: geographic location (country and/or sea)
characteristics.text: 51.6444
characteristics.unit: DD
characteristics.characteristic: geographic location (latitude)
characteristics.text: -1.0573
characteristics.unit: DD
characteristics.characteristic: geographic location (longitude)
characteristics.text: host-associated
characteristics.characteristic: host-associated environmental package
characteristics.text: metagenome
characteristics.characteristic: investigation type
characteristics.text: metagenomes
characteristics.characteristic: organism
characteristics.text: Caste microbiota
characteristics.characteristic: project name
characteristics.text: metagenomes
characteristics.characteristic: scientific_name
characteristics.text: Illumina MiSeq
characteristics.ontologyTerms: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0004205
characteristics.characteristic: sequencing method
characteristics.text: Environmental impacts on the development of caste-specific gut microbiota in bumblebees
characteristics.characteristic: title