Test of the invasive pathogen hypothesis of bumble bee decline in North America

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 4386-4391

  Cameron, Sydney A ^a   Lim, Haw Chuan ^a,d   Lozier, Jeffrey D ^b   Duennes, Michelle A ^a,e   Thorp, Robbin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombus; Conservation; Microsporidia; Nosema bombi; Pollinator

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BUMBLEBEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA BOMBI; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BEE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; NORTH AMERICA; NOSEMA;

EID: 84964345460     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1525266113     Document Type: Article

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