Antibacterial Immune Competence of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) Is Adapted to Different Life Stages and Environmental Risks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Gätschenberger, Heike ^a   Azzami, Klara ^a   Tautz, Jürgen ^a   Beier, Hildburg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HONEYBEE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MORTALITY; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; QUEEN (INSECT); RISK FACTOR; SUMMER; THERMOREGULATION; UPREGULATION; WINTER; WORKER (INSECT);

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LARVA; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84879164387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066415     Document Type: Article

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