Yeasts in floral nectar: A quantitative survey

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1415-1423

  Herrera, Carlos M ^a   De Vega, Clara ^a   Canto, Azucena ^b   Pozo, María I ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bumble bees; floral nectar; microbial communities; pollination; yeasts

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; HONEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POLLINATION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; HONEY; POLLINATION; YEASTS;

EID: 67650732915     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp026     Document Type: Review

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