Host species and developmental stage, but not host social structure, affects bacterial community structure in socially polymorphic bees

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 398-406

  Mcfrederick, Quinn S ^a,b   Wcislo, William T ^c   Hout, Michael C ^d   Mueller, Ulrich G ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bee associated bacteria; Facultative sociality; Microbiota; Pollinator conservation

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BEE; BEE-ASSOCIATED BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; FACULTATIVE SOCIALITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATOR CONSERVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WOLBACHIA;

BEE-ASSOCIATED BACTERIA; FACULTATIVE SOCIALITY; MICROBIOTA; POLLINATOR CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; LACTOBACILLUS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84899943729     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12302     Document Type: Article

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