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Table 1 The percentage of bee symbionts and environmental bacteria and their corresponding species and families that were detected in honey samples representing 24 beehives where different antimicrobials were used as a prophylactic measure or therapeutic treatment due to previous infestations or infections

From: Beehives possess their own distinct microbiomes

Sample

Bacterial communities

AM

INF

Symbionts

Species of symbionts (relative %)

Environm

Families of environmental bacteria (relative %)

1H

92

L. kunkeei (97)

8

Erwiniaceae (88), Pseudomonadaceae (10)

−

−

2H

93

L. kunkeei (97.4)

9

Erwiniaceae (60.4), Pseudomonadaceae (37)

−

−

3H

1

P. apium (58.5), L. kunkeei (39.2)

97

Bacillaceae (99.2)

−

−

4H

0.5

L. kunkeei (58.5), A. nasoniae (20.1), P. apium (12.5)

99

Bacillaceae (100)

−

−

5H

22

P. apium (88), L. kunkeei (8.8)

64

Streptococcaceae (65.8), Propionibacteriaceae (30.4)

 + 

−

6H

55

L. kunkeei (92.3), P. apium (6.5)

43

Erwiniaceae (85.4), Bacillaceae (8.6)

−

−

7HA

23

L. kunkeei (55.7), A. nasoniae (28), P. apium (10.3)

76

Lactobacillaceae (47), Halomonadaceae (36), Propionibacteriaceae (13)

 + 

 + 

7HB

56

A. nasoniae (97.3)

43

Erwiniaceae (55.4), Propionibacteriaceae (27.8)

 + 

 + 

8HA

86

L. kunkeei (57.3), A. nasoniae (24.3), P. apium (17.9)

13

Erwiniaceae (78), Bacillaceae (9)

−

−

8HB

47

L. kunkeei (84.2), P. apium (8)

49

Propionibacteriaceae (56), Erwiniaceae (23), Streptococcaceae (18)

−

−

9HA

5

A. nasoniae (32.2), S. symbiotica (29), P. apium (11.4)

5

Erwiniaceae (65.9), Propionibacteriaceae (28.4)

 + 

 + 

9HB

27

A. nasoniae (39.5), S. symbiotica (29.1), P. apium (5)

40

Erwiniaceae (94.1), Lactobacillaceae (3.1), Propionibacteriaceae (1.5)

 + 

 + 

9HD

5

L. kunkeei (40.2), A. nasoniae (21.9), G. apicola (15.6)

29

Propionibacteriaceae (75.9), Erwiniaceae (7.5), Lactobacillaceae (6)

 + 

 + 

10HA

81

L. kunkeei (90.9), P. apium (6.9)

16

Lactobacillaceae (34.8), Pseudomonadaceae (26), Erwiniaceae (20.8), Propionibacteriaceae (10.4)

 + 

−

10HB

48

L. kunkeei (91.4), P. apium (7.3)

51

Erwiniaceae (82.8), Lactobacillaceae (9.3)

 + 

−

10HC

92

L. kunkeei (72.9), P. apium (26.1)

7

Erwiniaceae (71.4), Lactobacillaceae (22.1)

 + 

−

11HA

12

L. kunkeei (60), P. apium (33), A. nasoniae (5.4)

66

Propionibacteriaceae (62.2), Lactobacillaceae (25), Streptococcaceae (7.4)

 + 

 + 

11HB

55

L. kunkeei (79.8), P. apium (17) A. nasoniae (2.7)

42

Erwiniaceae (48.4), Lactobacillaceae (40.8)

 + 

 + 

12HA

91

L. kunkeei (81), B. apis (6.2)

7

Propionibacteriaceae (50), Erwiniaceae (33), Streptococcaceae (10)

−

−

12HB

83

L. kunkeei (79.6), A. nasoniae (8.8)

17

Erwiniaceae (88), Pseudomonadaceae (7)

−

−

13H

21

A. nasoniae (61.8), P. apium (17.4), L. kunkeei (14.6)

66

Pseudomonadaceae (69), Streptococcaceae (13.2), Erwiniaceae (12.9), Propionibacteriaceae (9.1)

 + 

−

14HA

35

L. kunkeei (69.9), P. apium (16), A. nasoniae (8.4)

59

Erwiniaceae (72.4), Lactobacillaceae (12.8)

 + 

 + 

14HB

36

L. kunkeei (68.9), P. apium (16.6), A. nasoniae (9.2)

59

Erwiniaceae (73.1), Lactobacillaceae (13.3)

 + 

 + 

15H

9

L. kunkeei (81.5), P. apium (14.6), A. nasoniae (3.3)

77

Streptococcaceae (75.5), Propionibacteriaceae (14.7)

 + 

 + 

  1. The relative % of symbionts and environmental bacteria refer to their total % and the species and families indicated in the table were selected from the groups established in Fig. 3 (symbionts of bees and insects in orange and pink, and environmental bacteria in green). The symbiotic species include Lactobacillus kunkeei, Parasaccharibacter apium, Arsenophonus nasoniae, Serratia symbiotica, Gilliamella apicola, and Bartonella apis, while families of environmental bacteria are represented by the following species: Bacillus thuringiensis (Bacillaceae), Cutibacterium acnes (Propionibacteriaceae), Fructobacillus fructosus, F. tropaeola, Lactobacillus salivarius, Leuconostoc mesenteroides (Lactobacillaceae), Lactococcus lactis (Streptococcaceae), Pantoea agglomerans, P. vagans (Erwiniacea), Pseudomonas fluorescens, P. graminis (Pseudomonadaceae), Zymobacter palmae (Halomonadaceae). AM (Antimicrobials), INF (Infestation and/or infection)