Assessment of mutualism between Bombus terrestris and its microbiota by use of microcolonies

Apidologie

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 708-719

  Meeus, Ivan ^a   Mommaerts, Veerle ^a   Billiet, Annelies ^a   Mosallanejad, Hadi ^a   Van De Wiele, Tom ^a   Wäckers, Felix ^b   Smagghe, Guy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Biobest Belgium NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; host microbe interactions; Lactobacillus; probiotica; social pollinators; streptomycin

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; BEE; COLONY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; FITNESS; MORTALITY; MUTUALISM; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; WORKER CASTE;

EID: 84886873365     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-013-0222-9     Document Type: Article

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