Functional diversity within the simple gut microbiota of the honey bee

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 27, 2012, Pages 11002-11007

  Engel, Philipp ^a   Martinson, Vincent G ^b   Moran, Nancy A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Gilliamella; Pectin degradation; Snodgrassella; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

PECTIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HONEYBEE; INSECT GENETICS; INTESTINE FLORA; LIFESTYLE; METAGENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENETIC VARIATION; INTESTINES; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PECTINS; PHYLOGENY; POLYGALACTURONASE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84863578700     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1202970109     Document Type: Article

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