Honeybees and bumblebees share similar bacterial symbionts

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 439-440

  Kaltenpoth, Martin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

bacteria; insects; microbial biology; species interactions

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BEE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; WASP;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BEES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SYMBIOSIS; WASPS;

APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOCRITA; APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 78751674052     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04960.x     Document Type: Article

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