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Symbionts as Major Modulators of Insect Health: Lactic Acid Bacteria and Honeybees

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are well recognized beneficial host-associated members of the microbiota of humans and animals. Yet LAB-associations of invertebrates have been poorly characterized and their functions remain obscure. Here we show that honeybees possess an abundant, diverse and ancient LAB...

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Autores principales: Vásquez, Alejandra, Forsgren, Eva, Fries, Ingemar, Paxton, Robert J., Flaberg, Emilie, Szekely, Laszlo, Olofsson, Tobias C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22427985
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033188