Gut microbiota variation of a tropical oil-collecting bee species far exceeds that of the honeybee

IntroductionInterest for bee microbiota has recently been rising, alleviating the gap in knowledge in regard to drivers of solitary bee gut microbiota. However, no study has addressed the microbial acquisition routes of tropical solitary bees. For both social and solitary bees, the gut microbiota ha...

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Main Authors: Elif Kardas, Angie M. González-Rosario, Tugrul Giray, James D. Ackerman, Filipa Godoy-Vitorino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1122489/full