Author: Yu-Hsin Chen¹, Yi-Ting Hung¹, Wei-Jyun Ma¹, and Ming-Cheng Wu^1,*

¹ Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.

Abstract

    Insects have rich microbial resources. These microbes from insects can help the host decompose food, degrade compounds from the environment, synthesize some essential nutrients or resist pathogens, and have a wide range of potential applications. Many studies have confirmed that the microorganisms in the intestinal tract of insects can indirectly or directly affect the health of the host. The researches in our laboratory mainly focus on biology of bees, including honey bees, bumble bees and stingless bees, in which the intestinal microbes of bees are isolated and the physiological effects of microbes on bees are analyzed. One of the isolated bacteria, named Leuconostoc mesenteroides isolated from the gut of bumble bee was introduced and shown the characteristics of L. mesenteroides, the effect of its fermentation broth on gene expression of bees and the spread of the bacteria in the colony in this article. Additionally, we also introduced the microbial researches from insects of Diptera and Hemiptera.

Keywords: Microbes, Diptera, Hemiptera, Bees.

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