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Honey bee colonies act as reservoirs for two Spiroplasma facultative symbionts and incur complex, multiyear infection dynamics

Two species of Spiroplasma (Mollicutes) bacteria were isolated from and described as pathogens of the European honey bee, Apis mellifera, ∼30 years ago but recent information on them is lacking despite global concern to understand bee population declines. Here we provide a comprehensive survey for t...

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Autores principales: Schwarz, Ryan S, Teixeira, Érica Weinstein, Tauber, James P, Birke, Juliane M, Martins, Marta Fonseca, Fonseca, Isabela, Evans, Jay D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4082708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24771723
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.172