Utilizing a novel fecal sampling method to examine resistance of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) gut microbiome to a low dose of tetracycline

• Casey L. Gregory ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Casey L. Gregory, Lisa K. Belden

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: caseyleighgregory@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9332-0841

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• Emma L. Bradford ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Richard D. Fell ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• David C. Haak ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

  Affiliation School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Lisa K. Belden

  Contributed equally to this work with: Casey L. Gregory, Lisa K. Belden

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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