Metabolism of Toxic Sugars by Strains of the Bee Gut Symbiont <named-content content-type="genus-species">Gilliamella apicola</named-content>

ABSTRACT Social bees collect carbohydrate-rich food to support their colonies, and yet, certain carbohydrates present in their diet or produced through the breakdown of pollen are toxic to bees. The gut microbiota of social bees is dominated by a few core bacterial species, including the Gram-negati...

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Main Authors: Hao Zheng, Alex Nishida, Waldan K. Kwong, Hauke Koch, Philipp Engel, Margaret I. Steele, Nancy A. Moran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-12-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01326-16