Characterisation of the British honey bee metagenome

Numerous microbial symbionts, both commensal and pathogenic, are associated with honey bees. Here, the authors genomically characterize this ‘metagenome’ of the British honey bee, identifying a diversity of commensal microbes as well as known and putative pathogens

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tim Regan, Mark W. Barnett, Dominik R. Laetsch, Stephen J. Bush, David Wragg, Giles E. Budge, Fiona Highet, Benjamin Dainat, Joachim R. de Miranda, Mick Watson, Mark Blaxter, Tom C. Freeman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07426-0