Hidden diversity in honey bee gut symbionts detected by single-cell genomics.
Microbial communities in animal guts are composed of diverse, specialized bacterial species, but little is known about how gut bacteria diversify to produce genetically and ecologically distinct entities. The gut microbiota of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, presents a useful model, because it consis...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-09-01
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| Series: | PLoS Genetics |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4161309?pdf=render |