Flowers and Wild Megachilid Bees Share Microbes

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 188-200

  McFrederick, Quinn S ^a   Thomas, Jason M ^b   Neff, John L ^c   Vuong, Hoang Q ^a   Russell, Kaleigh A ^a   Hale, Amanda R ^a   Mueller, Ulrich G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Central Texas Melittological Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenophonus; Floral transmission; Flower microbes; Gilliamella; Lactobacillus micheneri; Wild bees

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOWER; GENETICS; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLOWERS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; LACTOBACILLUS; LARVA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84984907205     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-016-0838-1     Document Type: Article

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