Bifidobacteria in the digestive tract of bumblebees

Anaerobe

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-170

  Killer, Jiří ^a,b   Kopečný, Jan ^b   Mrázek, Jakub ^b   Rada, Vojtěch ^a   Dubná, Soňa ^a   Marounek, Milan ^b,c  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Bumblebee; Digestive tract; Selective media

Indexed keywords

AGAR; FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; POLLEN EXTRACT;

ANAEROBE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BUMBLEBEE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; LACTOBACILLUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALDEHYDE-LYASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BEES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; NUCLEIC ACID DENATURATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BOMBUS LAPIDARIUS; BOMBUS LUCORUM; BOMBUS PASCUORUM;

EID: 77951767150     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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