Yeast communities associated with stingless bees

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-275

  Rosa, Carlos A ^a   Lachance, Marc André ^b   Silva, Janaína O C ^a   Teixeira, Ana Carolina P ^a   Marini, Marjorie M ^a   Antonini, Yasmine ^a   Martins, Rogerio P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Honey; Meliponini; Starmerella; Stingless bee; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BEE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA APICOLA; FLOWER; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MELIPOMA QUADRIFASCIATA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STARMERELLA MELIPONINORUM; YEAST;

APOIDEA; CANDIDA; CANDIDA APICOLA; FRIESEOMELITTA; FRIESEOMELITTA VARIA; MELIPONA QUADRIFASCIATA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA; STARMERELLA; STARMERELLA MELIPONINORUM; TETRAGONISCA ANGUSTULA;

EID: 0344256532     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-1356(03)00173-9     Document Type: Article

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