Minimal sharing of nosematid and trypanosomatid parasites between honey bees and other bees, but extensive sharing of Crithidia between bumble and mason bees.

Autor: Lim HC; Department of Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA; Center for Conservation Genomics, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, D.C., USA. Electronic address: hlim22@gmu.edu., Lambrecht D; Department of Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA., Forkner RE; Department of Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA., Roulston T; Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of invertebrate pathology [J Invertebr Pathol] 2023 Jun; Vol. 198, pp. 107933. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 09.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2023.107933
Abstrakt: We document gut parasites in co-occurring Apis, Bombus, and Osmia spp. in the Northern Virginia region, USA. Trypanosomatidea occurred in sixty percent of specimens and 13% carried Nosematidae. We found strong host partitioning: Lotmaria passim and Vairimorpha (Nosema) ceranae predominated in Apis, and Crithidia bombi and V. bombi in Bombus. We did not detect pathogen spread from Apis to Bombus but did detect sharing of C. bombi between Bombus and Osmia, higher parasite levels in Apis at sites with apiaries, and clustering of Vairimopha infection. Given the presence of C. bombi in Osmia, we suggest disease sharing across taxa be monitored.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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