Ecological Succession in the Honey Bee Gut: Shift in Lactobacillus Strain Dominance During Early Adult Development

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1008-1019

  Anderson, Kirk E ^a,b   Rodrigues, Pedro A P ^b   Mott, Brendon M ^a   Maes, Patrick ^b   Corby Harris, Vanessa ^a,b  

^a CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gut microbiota; Lactobacillus firm 5; Social environment; Supplemental nutrition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL LOAD; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN RELATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYLOGENY; POLLEN; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BEES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOTA; PHYLOGENY; POLLEN; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84950280456     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-015-0716-2     Document Type: Article

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