Introduction of non-native pollinators can lead to trans-continental movement of bee- Associated fungi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Hedtke, Shannon M ^a,b   Blitzer, Eleanor J ^c   Montgomery, Graham A ^a   Danforth, Bryan N ^a  

^a Department of Entomology Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CARROLL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCOSPHAERA; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; JAPAN; LARVA; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSPORIDIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMIA CORNIFRONS; OSMIA LIGNARIA; PAENIBACILLUS; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES INTRODUCTION; TRYPANOSOMA; UNITED STATES; WOLBACHIA; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NESTING; NEW YORK; ONYGENALES; PATHOGENICITY; POLLINATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

APOIDEA; ASCOSPHAERA; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MICROSPORIDIA; OSMIA CORNIFRONS; PAENIBACILLUS; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS; BEES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INSECTICIDES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; JAPAN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MALUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NEW YORK; ONYGENALES; PAENIBACILLUS; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84939170361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130560     Document Type: Article

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