Characterization of gut bacterial flora of Apis mellifera from north-west Pakistan

Gut microbiota has been recognized to play a beneficial role in honey bees (Apis mellifera). Present study was designed to characterize the gut bacterial flora of honey bees in north-west Pakistan. Total 150 aerobic and facultative anaerobic bacteria from guts of 45 worker bees were characterized us...

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Main Authors: Syed Ishtiaq Anjum, Abdul Haleem Shah, Muhammad Aurongzeb, Junaid Kori, M. Kamran Azim, Mohammad Javed Ansari, Li Bin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-02-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319562X17301468