Colony contact contributes to the diversity of gut bacteria in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

Insect Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 270-277

  Billiet, Annelies ^a   Meeus, Ivan ^a   Van Nieuwerburgh, Filip ^a   Deforce, Dieter ^a   Wäckers, Felix ^b   Smagghe, Guy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Biobest Belgium NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

bacterial transfer; bumblebee; gut; Illumina sequencing; microbiota; social

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BACTERIUM; BEE; GENETICS; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84966753376     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12284     Document Type: Article

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