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Diversity and evolutionary patterns of bacterial gut associates of corbiculate bees.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2013
Koch Hauke, Abrol Dharam P, Li Jilian, Schmid-Hempel Paul
Abstract excerpt
The animal gut is a habitat for diverse communities of microorganisms (microbiota). Honeybees and bumblebees have recently been shown to harbour a distinct and species poor microbiota, which may confer protection against parasites. Here, we investigate diversity, host specificity and transmission mode of two of the most common, yet poorly known, gut bacteria of honeybees and bumblebees: Snodgrassella alvi...
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