Publications

Motta EVS, Seong J*, Dickey M, Ellis JT, Rangel J. (2026) Divergent microbiome signatures between managed and wild honey bee (Apis mellifera) populations in South Texas. Microbiology Spectrum e03394-25 * Mentee

Motta EVS, Lariviere PJ, Jones KR, Song Y, Moran NA. (2024) Type VI secretion systems promote intraspecific competition and host interactions in a bee gut symbiont. PNAS 121(44): e2414882121

Motta EVS & Moran NA. (2024) The honey bee microbiota and its impact on health and disease. Nature Reviews Microbiology 22(3): 122-137

Motta EVS, Seong J, Bozkus M, Shepherd TF, Rangel J. (2025) A non-destructive approach to assess the gut microbiome of honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens using fecal samples. Apidologie 56(80): 1-13

Motta EVS & Moran NA. (2023) The effects of glyphosate, pure or in herbicide formulation, on bumble bees and their gut microbial communities. Sci. Total Environ. 8 72: 162102

Motta EVS, Arnott RWL, Moran NA. (2023) Caffeine consumption helps honey bees fight a bacterial pathogen. Microbiology Spectrum e00520-23

Motta EVS, Gage A*, de Jong TK*, Edwards JA, Moran NA. (2024) Glyphosate effects on growth and biofilm formation in bee gut symbionts and diverse associated bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology e00515-24 * Mentees

Motta EVS, Gage A, Smith TE, Blake KJ, Kwong WK, Riddington IM, Moran NA. (2022) Host-microbiome metabolism of a plant toxin in bees. eLife 11:e82595.

 Motta EVS, Powell JE, Leonard SP, Moran NA. (2022) Prospects for probiotics in social bees. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B Biol. Sci. 377(1853): 20210156

Motta EVS, Powell JE, Moran NA. (2022) Glyphosate induces immune dysregulation in honey bees. Animal Microbiome 4(16): 1-14

Motta EVS & Moran NA. (2020) Impact of glyphosate on the honey bee gut microbiota: effects of intensity, duration and timing of exposure. mSystems 5: e00268-20

Motta EVS, Mak M*, de Jong TK*, Powell JE, O'donnell A, Suhr KJ, Riddington IM, Moran NA. (2020) Oral or topical exposure to glyphosate in herbicide formulation impacts the gut microbiota and survival rates of honey bees. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 86: e01150-20 * Undergraduate mentees

Steele M, Motta EVS, Gattu T, Martinez D, Moran NA. (2021) The gut microbiota protects bees from invasion by a bacterial pathogen. Microbiol.. Spectr. 9: e00394-21

Zheng H, Steele MI, Leonard SP, Motta EVS, Moran NA. (2018) Honey bees as models for gut microbiota research. Lab Animal 47(11): 317-315.

Motta EVS, Raymann K, Moran NA. (2018) Glyphosate perturbs the gut microbiota of honey bees. PNAS 115(41): 10305-10310.     

Photograph: Vivian Abagiu

Raymann K#, Motta EVS#, Girard C#, Riddington IM, Dinser JA, Moran NA. (2018) Imidacloprid decreases honey bee survival rates but does not affect the gut microbiome. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 84(13): e00545-18 #Authors contributed equally to the work.