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Genetic diversity of honeybee colonies predicts gut bacterial diversity of individual colony members.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 2022
Bridson Calum, Vellaniparambil Latha, Antwis Rachel E, Müller Werner, Gilman R Tucker, Rowntree Jennifer K
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The gut microbiota of social bees is relatively simple and dominated by a set of core taxa found consistently in individuals around the world. Yet, variation remains and can affect host health. We characterized individual- and regional-scale variation in honeybee (Apis mellifera) gut microbiota from 64 colonies in North-West England by sequencing the V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene and asked whether microbiota...
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