Microbial Ecology of the Hive and Pollination Landscape: Bacterial Associates from Floral Nectar, the Alimentary Tract and Stored Food of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

Kirk E. Anderson; Timothy H. Sheehan; Brendon M. Mott; Patrick Maes; Lucy Snyder; Melissa R. Schwan; Alexander Walton; Beryl M. Jones; Vanessa Corby-Harris

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083125

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Microbial Ecology of the Hive and Pollination Landscape: Bacterial Associates from Floral Nectar, the Alimentary Tract and Stored Food of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

Kirk E. Anderson ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kirk E. Anderson, Timothy H. Sheehan

* E-mail: kirk.anderson@ars.usda.gov

Affiliations Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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Timothy H. Sheehan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kirk E. Anderson, Timothy H. Sheehan

Affiliations USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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Brendon M. Mott,

Affiliations USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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Patrick Maes,

Affiliations USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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Lucy Snyder,

Affiliation USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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Melissa R. Schwan,

Affiliation USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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Alexander Walton,

Affiliations USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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Beryl M. Jones,

Affiliations USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America
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Vanessa Corby-Harris

Affiliation USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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Microbial Ecology of the Hive and Pollination Landscape: Bacterial Associates from Floral Nectar, the Alimentary Tract and Stored Food of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

Kirk E. Anderson,
Timothy H. Sheehan,
Brendon M. Mott,
Patrick Maes,
Lucy Snyder,
Melissa R. Schwan,
Alexander Walton,
Beryl M. Jones,
Vanessa Corby-Harris

Published: December 17, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083125

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