The different dietary sugars modulate the composition of the gut microbiota in honeybee during overwintering

Abstract Background The health of honeybee colonies is critical for bee products and agricultural production, and colony health is closely associated with the bacteria in the guts of honeybees. Although colony loss in winter is now the primary restriction in beekeeping, the effects of different suga...

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Main Authors: Hongfang Wang, Chunlei Liu, Zhenguo Liu, Ying Wang, Lanting Ma, Baohua Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-020-01726-6