Dynamic Changes of Gut Microbial Communities of Bumble Bee Queens through Important Life Stages

ABSTRACT Bumble bees are important pollinators in natural and agricultural ecosystems. Their social colonies are founded by individual queens, which, as the predominant reproductive females of colonies, contribute to colony function through worker production and fitness through male and new queen pr...

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Main Authors: Liuhao Wang, Jie Wu, Kai Li, Ben M. Sadd, Yulong Guo, Daohua Zhuang, Zhengyi Zhang, Yanping Chen, Jay D. Evans, Jun Guo, Zhigang Zhang, Jilian Li
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/66614041a6cf4db586857524268df10f
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