A scientific note on the lactic acid bacterial flora in honeybees in the USA - A comparison with bees from Sweden

Apidologie

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-28

  Vásquez, Alejandra ^a   Olofsson, Tobias C ^a   Sammataro, Diana ^b  

^a Lund University Campus Helsingborg   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA genotyping; Apis mellifera; Bifidobacterium; Coevolution; Lactobacillus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COEVOLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; NECTAR; PHYLOGENETICS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 60749131160     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008063     Document Type: Article

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