Variation in Honey Bee Gut Microbial Diversity Affected by Ontogenetic Stage, Age and Geographic Location

Zuzana Hroncova; Jaroslav Havlik; Jiri Killer; Ivo Doskocil; Jan Tyl; Martin Kamler; Dalibor Titera; Josef Hakl; Jakub Mrazek; Vera Bunesova; Vojtech Rada

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118707

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Variation in Honey Bee Gut Microbial Diversity Affected by Ontogenetic Stage, Age and Geographic Location

Zuzana Hroncova,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Jaroslav Havlik ,

* E-mail: havlik@af.czu.cz

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Jiri Killer,

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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Ivo Doskocil,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Jan Tyl,

Affiliation Bee Research Institute at Dol, Libcice nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
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Martin Kamler,

Affiliation Bee Research Institute at Dol, Libcice nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
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Dalibor Titera,

Affiliations Bee Research Institute at Dol, Libcice nad Vltavou, Czech Republic, Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Josef Hakl,

Affiliation Department of Forage Crops and Grassland Management, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Jakub Mrazek,

Affiliation Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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Vera Bunesova,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Vojtech Rada

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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Variation in Honey Bee Gut Microbial Diversity Affected by Ontogenetic Stage, Age and Geographic Location

Zuzana Hroncova,
Jaroslav Havlik,
Jiri Killer,
Ivo Doskocil,
Jan Tyl,
Martin Kamler,
Dalibor Titera,
Josef Hakl,
Jakub Mrazek,
Vera Bunesova

Published: March 13, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118707

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