16S rRNA Amplicon Sequencing Demonstrates that Indoor-Reared Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) Harbor a Core Subset of Bacteria Normally Associated with the Wild Host

Ivan Meeus; Laurian Parmentier; Annelies Billiet; Kevin Maebe; Filip Van Nieuwerburgh; Dieter Deforce; Felix Wäckers; Peter Vandamme; Guy Smagghe

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125152

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16S rRNA Amplicon Sequencing Demonstrates that Indoor-Reared Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) Harbor a Core Subset of Bacteria Normally Associated with the Wild Host

Ivan Meeus ,

* E-mail: ivan.meeus@ugent.be (IM); guy.smagghe@UGent.be (GS)

Affiliation Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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Laurian Parmentier,

Affiliation Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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Annelies Billiet,

Affiliation Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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Kevin Maebe,

Affiliation Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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Filip Van Nieuwerburgh,

Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ottergemsesteenweg 460, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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Dieter Deforce,

Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ottergemsesteenweg 460, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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Felix Wäckers,

Affiliation Biobest NV, Ilse Velden 18, B-2260, Westerlo, Belgium
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Peter Vandamme,

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 3, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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Guy Smagghe

* E-mail: ivan.meeus@ugent.be (IM); guy.smagghe@UGent.be (GS)

Affiliation Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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16S rRNA Amplicon Sequencing Demonstrates that Indoor-Reared Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) Harbor a Core Subset of Bacteria Normally Associated with the Wild Host

Ivan Meeus,
Laurian Parmentier,
Annelies Billiet,
Kevin Maebe,
Filip Van Nieuwerburgh,
Dieter Deforce,
Felix Wäckers,
Peter Vandamme,
Guy Smagghe

Published: April 29, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125152

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