Habitat-specific variation in gut microbial communities and pathogen prevalence in bumblebee queens (Bombus terrestris).

Gut microbial communities are critical for the health of many insect species. However, little is known about how gut microbial communities respond to anthropogenic changes and how such changes affect host-pathogen interactions. In this study, we used deep sequencing to investigate and compare the co...

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Main Authors: L Bosmans, M I Pozo, C Verreth, S Crauwels, L Wilberts, I S Sobhy, F Wäckers, H Jacquemyn, B Lievens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6201867?pdf=render