Table 1.
Number of unique core hindgut OTUs establisheda in the hindgut by treatment
| Core hindgut bacteria |
Lactobacillus Firm5 |
Lactobacillus Firm4 |
Bifidobacterium asteroides |
Snodgrassella alvi |
Gilliamella apicola | Frishella perrara | Bombella apis | Lactobacillus kunkeei |
Bartonella apis |
Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 41 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 55 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 11 |
| Colony Control | 23 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 47 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
|
Fresh Pollen |
28 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 18* | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| Autoclaved pollen | 29 | 5 | 12 | 11# | 10* | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1* |
|
No pollen |
22 | 4 | 8 | 13# | 18* | 3 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
a Establishment is roughly defined as the 196 most abundant unique OTUs in the combined hindgut tissues
*Treatment significantly different from the colony control based on a test for proportions (p < 0.00001)
# Treatment significantly different from fresh pollen and colony control based on a test for proportions (p < 0.01)