Microbial gut diversity of Africanized and European honey bee larval instars.

The first step in understanding gut microbial ecology is determining the presence and potential niche breadth of associated microbes. While the core gut bacteria of adult honey bees is becoming increasingly apparent, there is very little and inconsistent information concerning symbiotic bacterial co...

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Main Authors: Svjetlana Vojvodic, Sandra M Rehan, Kirk E Anderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3749107?pdf=render