Comparative genomics of Lactobacillus species as bee symbionts and description of Lactobacillus bombintestini sp. nov., isolated from the gut of Bombus ignitus

Jun Heo; Soo-Jin Kim; Jeong-Seon Kim; Seung-Beom Hong; Soon-Wo Kwon

doi:10.1007/s12275-020-9596-3

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Comparative genomics of Lactobacillus species as bee symbionts and description of Lactobacillus bombintestini sp. nov., isolated from the gut of Bombus ignitus: Jun Heo , Soo-Jin Kim , Jeong-Seon Kim , Seung-Beom Hong , Soon-Wo Kwon; Journal of Microbiology 2020;58(6):445-455.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-020-9596-3
Published online: March 28, 2020

Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeollabuk-do 55365, Republic of KoreaAgricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeollabuk-do 55365, Republic of Korea

Corresponding author: Soon-Wo Kwon , Tel: +82-63-238-3024,

Received: 13 December 2019 • Revised: 20 February 2020 • Accepted: 21 February 2020

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The Lactobacillus genus is widely used for fermentation of plant materials and dairy products. These species are typically found in highly specialized environments, with the bee gut serving as one of the niche locations in which Lactobacillus is detected. Lactobacillus species isolated from the bee gut and bee-related habitats were phylogenetically classified into three distinct groups, Lactobacillus kunkeei, Firm-4, and Firm-5. The L. kunkeei group was clearly differentiated from other members of the Lactobacillus buchneri group isolated from non-bee habitats. In comparison with non-bee members of the L. buchneri group, three bee-symbiotic Lactobacillus groups had a small-sized genome with low G + C content and showed a sharp reduction in the number of genes involved in energy production, carbohydrate transport and metabolism, and amino acid transport and metabolism. In addition, all three groups lacked the mutY gene, which encodes A/G-specific adenine glycosylase. The phylogenetic dendrogram based on the presence or absence of 1,199 functional genes indicated that these bee-symbiotic groups experienced convergent evolution. The occurrence of convergent evolution is thought to stem from the three bee-symbiotic groups sharing a similar habitat, i.e., the bee gut. The causative factor underlying genomic reduction was postulated to be mutY, which was absent in all three groups. Here, a novel strain, BHWM-4T, isolated from the gut of Bombus ignites was studied using polyphasic taxonomy and classified as a new member of the L. kunkeei group. The strain was Gram-positive, facultative anaerobic, and rod-shaped. The 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequence and genome analysis revealed that strain BHWM-4T was clustered into the L. kunkeei group, forming a compact cluster with L. kunkeei and Lactobacillus apinorum. Biochemical, chemotaxonomic, and genotypic data of strain BHWM-4T supports the proposal of a novel species, Lactobacillus bombintestini sp. nov., whose type strain is BHWM-4T (= KACC 19317T = NBRC 113067T).

Keywords: Lactobacillus;periodontitis;probiotic

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Comparative genomics of Lactobacillus species as bee symbionts and description of Lactobacillus bombintestini sp. nov., isolated from the gut of Bombus ignitus

J. Microbiol. 2020;58(6):445-455. Published online March 28, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-020-9596-3

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