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Bacterial communities in central European bumblebees: low diversity and high specificity.

Microbial ecology - 1 Jul 2011

Koch Hauke, Schmid-Hempel Paul

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Recent studies on the microbial flora of the honeybee gut have revealed an apparently highly specific community of resident bacteria that might play a role in immune defence and food preservation for their hosts. However, at present, very little is known about the diversity and ecology of bacteria occurring in non-domesticated bees like bumblebees, which are of similar importance as honeybees for the pollination...

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PMID: 21556885
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9854-3

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