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How have the gut symbiotic bacteria of the honey bee evolved from free-living to a core bacterium? Our investigation on the genomics of Apibacter shed some light on this question. Zhang, W.#, X. Zhang#, Q. Su, M. Tang, H. Zheng, and X. Zhou*. 2022. Genomic features underlying evolutionary transitions of Apibacter to honeybee gut symbionts. Insect Science 29: 259-275. PDF Abstract: The gut bacteria of honey bee recognized as a mutualistic partner with the insect host might hav