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Metabolism of Toxic Sugars by Strains of the Bee Gut Symbiont Gilliamella apicola

Social bees collect carbohydrate-rich food to support their colonies, and yet, certain carbohydrates present in their diet or produced through the breakdown of pollen are toxic to bees. The gut microbiota of social bees is dominated by a few core bacterial species, including the Gram-negative specie...

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Autores principales: Zheng, Hao, Nishida, Alex, Kwong, Waldan K., Koch, Hauke, Engel, Philipp, Steele, Margaret I., Moran, Nancy A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5090037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27803186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01326-16