Plasticity in the gut microbial community and uptake of Enterobacteriaceae (Gammaproteobacteria) in Bombus terrestris bumblebees’ nests when reared indoors and moved to an outdoor environment

Apidologie

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 237-250

  Parmentier, Laurian ^a   Meeus, Ivan ^a   Mosallanejad, Hadi ^a   de Graaf, Dirk C ^a   Smagghe, Guy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Enterobacteriaceae; generalist pollinator; microbiota; plasticity; reared bumblebees

Indexed keywords

BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; LACTOBACILLACEAE; NEISSERIACEAE;

EID: 84959375474     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-015-0393-7     Document Type: Article

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