Category: Guest Contribution
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From Bees to Broader Biology: Insights into Gut Microbiome Assembly and Stability
Maya Cabrera ’27 The honey bee gut is commonly used model for studying host–microbe interactions, and is divided into three main sections: the foregut, the midgut, and the hindgut, which contains the ileum and rectum. Each region harbors a distinct community of microbes that together form a conserved microbiota essential for bee health (Motta &…