Chemical Diversity in a Stingless Bee–Plant Symbiosis | Zendy

Eduardo A. Silva-Junior | Zendy; Camila Raquel Paludo | Zendy; Juliano Geraldo Amaral | Zendy; Marília Elias Gallon | Zendy; Leonardo GobboNeto | Zendy; Fábio Santos do Nascimento | Zendy; Norberto Peporine Lopes | Zendy

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Chemical Diversity in a Stingless Bee–Plant Symbiosis

Author(s) -

Eduardo A. Silva-Junior,

Camila Raquel Paludo,

Juliano Geraldo Amaral,

Marília Elias Gallon,

Leonardo GobboNeto,

Fábio Santos do Nascimento,

Norberto Peporine Lopes

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

acs omega

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779

H-Index - 40

ISSN - 2470-1343

DOI - 10.1021/acsomega.9b02096

Subject(s) - stingless bee , pollinator , metabolome , symbiosis , biology , metabolomics , ecology , apidae , pollination , pollen , bacteria , hymenoptera , bioinformatics , genetics

Bees are essential pollinators on earth, supporting forest equilibrium and human agriculture. The chemistry of the stingless bee-plant symbiosis is a complex and not completely understood phenomenon. Here, we combined untargeted tandem mass spectrometry, molecular networking, and multivariate statistical analysis to investigate the chemical diversity in colonies of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona depilis . Flavonoids were the most representative and diverse group of plant metabolites detected, indicating the importance of these biologically active natural products to the bees. We unveiled the metabolome, mapped the distribution of plant metabolites in stingless bee colonies, and digitized the chemical data into a public database.

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