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Detection of Lotmaria passim and Crithidia mellificae in Selected Bumblebee Species

Bumblebees (Bombus spp.) are an essential element of the ecosystem and the global economy. They are valued pollinators in many countries around the word. Unfortunately, there has been a decline in the bumblebee population, which is attributed to, among others, pathogens and reduced access to food du...

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Autores principales: Michalczyk, Maria, Sokół, Rajmund
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9504464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36145485
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11091053
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description Bumblebees (Bombus spp.) are an essential element of the ecosystem and the global economy. They are valued pollinators in many countries around the word. Unfortunately, there has been a decline in the bumblebee population, which is attributed to, among others, pathogens and reduced access to food due to the loss of natural nesting sites. Lotmaria passim and Crithidia mellificae, protozoan pathogens of the family Trypanosomatidae, commonly infect bumblebees, including in Poland. In this study, a Polish population of bumblebees was screened for L. passim and C. mellificae. The experiment was performed on 13 adult bumblebees belonging to 4 species: B. lapidarius, B. lucorum, B. pascuorum, and B. terrestris. Protozoa of the family Trypanosomatidae were identified by PCR. Only L. passim was identified in one B. pascuorum individual. Further research is needed to confirm the effect of concurrent pathogens on the decline of bumblebee populations.
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spelling pubmed-95044642022-09-24 Detection of Lotmaria passim and Crithidia mellificae in Selected Bumblebee Species Michalczyk, Maria Sokół, Rajmund Pathogens Article Bumblebees (Bombus spp.) are an essential element of the ecosystem and the global economy. They are valued pollinators in many countries around the word. Unfortunately, there has been a decline in the bumblebee population, which is attributed to, among others, pathogens and reduced access to food due to the loss of natural nesting sites. Lotmaria passim and Crithidia mellificae, protozoan pathogens of the family Trypanosomatidae, commonly infect bumblebees, including in Poland. In this study, a Polish population of bumblebees was screened for L. passim and C. mellificae. The experiment was performed on 13 adult bumblebees belonging to 4 species: B. lapidarius, B. lucorum, B. pascuorum, and B. terrestris. Protozoa of the family Trypanosomatidae were identified by PCR. Only L. passim was identified in one B. pascuorum individual. Further research is needed to confirm the effect of concurrent pathogens on the decline of bumblebee populations. MDPI 2022-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9504464/ /pubmed/36145485 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11091053 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title Detection of Lotmaria passim and Crithidia mellificae in Selected Bumblebee Species
title_full Detection of Lotmaria passim and Crithidia mellificae in Selected Bumblebee Species
title_fullStr Detection of Lotmaria passim and Crithidia mellificae in Selected Bumblebee Species
title_full_unstemmed Detection of Lotmaria passim and Crithidia mellificae in Selected Bumblebee Species
title_short Detection of Lotmaria passim and Crithidia mellificae in Selected Bumblebee Species
title_sort detection of lotmaria passim and crithidia mellificae in selected bumblebee species
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9504464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36145485
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11091053
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