A Bacterial Symbiont Protects Honey Bees from Fungal Disease

Delaney L. Miller; Eric A. Smith; Irene L. G. Newton

doi:10.1128/mBio.00503-21

mBio (Jun 2021)

A Bacterial Symbiont Protects Honey Bees from Fungal Disease

Delaney L. Miller,
Eric A. Smith,
Irene L. G. Newton

Affiliations

Delaney L. Miller: Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Eric A. Smith: Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Irene L. G. Newton: ORCiD; Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00503-21
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 3

Abstract

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Fungi can play critical roles in host microbiomes (5–7), yet bacterial-fungal interactions are understudied. For insects, fungi are the leading cause of disease (5, 8).

Published in mBio

ISSN: 2161-2129 (Print); 2150-7511 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/mbio

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