Floral nectar is prone to colonization by nectar-adapted yeasts and bacteria via air-, rain-,
and animal-mediated dispersal. Upon colonization, microbes can modify nectar chemical …

An emerging focus of research at the intersection of botany, zoology, and microbiology is the
study of floral nectar as a microbial habitat, referred to as the nectar microbiome, which can …

Microbial dispersal is essential for establishment in new habitats, but the role of vector
identity is poorly understood in community assembly and function. Here, we compared …

Beyond its role as a reward for pollinators, floral nectar also provides a habitat for
specialized and opportunistic yeasts and bacteria. These microbes modify nectar chemistry …

Foraging behavior frequently plays a major role in driving the geographic distribution of
animals. Buzzing to extract protein-rich pollen from flowers is a key foraging behavior used …

Due to the difficulty of tracking microbial dispersal, it is rarely possible to disentangle the
relative importance of dispersal and species sorting for microbial community assembly …

Dispersal is central to the ecology and evolution of spatially structured communities. While
flower microbial communities are spatially structured among floral organs, how dispersal …

Microbial communities inhabiting above-ground parts of plants affect their host's
development, fitness and function. Although studies on plant-associated microbes are of …

Flowers offer a wide variety of substrates suitable for fungal growth. However, the
mycological study of flowers has only recently begun to be systematically addressed from an …

Insect pollinators acquire microorganisms when they visit flowers for nutrients. The
interactions that occur at the floral interface are complex with three participants–pollinators …