Independent studies using deep sequencing resolve the same set of core bacterial species dominating gut communities of honey bees

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Sabree, Zakee L ^a   Hansen, Allison K ^a   Moran, Nancy A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GILLIAMELLA; HONEYBEE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGEN LOAD; PROMOTER REGION; PYROSEQUENCING; RNA 16S GENE; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNODGRASELLA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BEES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING;

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

EID: 84864058226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041250     Document Type: Article

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