Development of the honey bee gut microbiome throughout the queen-rearing process

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3182-3191

  Tarpy, David R ^a   Mattila, Heather R ^b   Newton, Irene L G ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; ENTERIC BACTERIA; HONEY BEE QUEENS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL GLAND; LARGE-SCALE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MULTIPLE COLONIES; POPULATION DECLINE;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; HONEYBEE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POPULATION DECLINE; QUEEN; REARING;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HEXAPODA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

AGE; ANIMAL; BEE; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEES; BIOTA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84927795070     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00307-15     Document Type: Article

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