Stingless bees form perennial colonies of honey-making insects. The> 600 species of
stingless bees, mainly Neotropical, live throughout tropical latitudes. Foragers influence …

Bee–fungus associations are common, and while most studies focus on entomopathogens,
emerging evidence suggests that bees associate with a variety of symbiotic fungi that can …

Sophorolipids are biobased compounds produced by the genera Starmerella and
Pseudohyphozyma that gain exponential interest from academic and industrial stakeholders …

Highlights•Meliponini, known as stingless bees, are a monophyletic group of eusocial
insects.•The microbiota of Meliponini includes viruses, bacteria, yeasts, and filamentous …

Introduction Eukaryotic life depends on the functional elements encoded by both the nuclear
genome and organellar genomes, such as those contained within the mitochondria. The …

Sophorolipids are highly active green surfactants (glycolipid biosurfactants) getting
tremendous appreciation worldwide due to their low toxicity, biodegradability, broad …

The physicochemical characteristics and yeasts diversity in honey samples from 17 species
of stingless bees of the genera Nannotrigona, Melipona, Plebeia, Scraptotrigona, and …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), defined as the exchange of genetic material other than from
parent to progeny, is very common in bacteria and appears to constitute the most important …

Yeasts are known to have versatile metabolic traits, while how these metabolic traits have
evolved has not been elucidated systematically. We performed integrative evolution analysis …

Siderophores are crucial for iron-scavenging in microorganisms. While many yeasts can
uptake siderophores produced by other organisms, they are typically unable to synthesize …