Honeybees and beehives are rich sources for fructophilic lactic acid bacteria

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 444-448

  Endo, Akihito ^a   Salminen, Seppo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Beehives; Fructobacillus fructosus; Fructophilic lactic acid bacteria; Honeybees; Lactobacillus kunkeei; Melissococcus plutonius

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EUROPEAN FOULBROOD; FLOWER; FRUCTOBACILLUS FRUCTOSUS; FRUCTOPHILIC LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; HONEY; HONEYBEE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS KUNKEEI; LARVA; MELISSOCOCCUS PLUTONIUS; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES HABITAT;

APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS KUNKEEI; MELISSOCOCCUS PLUTONIUS;

EID: 84881670054     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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