Characterization of pollen and bacterial community composition in brood provisions of a small carpenter bee

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2302-2311

  McFrederick, Quinn S ^a   Rehan, Sandra M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratina calcarata; Lactobacillus; microbiome; palynology; pollination ecology; Polylectic pollen forager

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NECTAR; PLANT DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FLOWER; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NECTAR; POLLEN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BEES; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; FEMALE; FLOWERS; GENES, BACTERIAL; PLANT NECTAR; POLLEN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84963701152     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13608     Document Type: Article

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