What is it about?
This work is about the isolation, characterisation, and selection of bacterial strains from honeybee guts, until obtaining a mixture of beneficial microorganisms that can diminish the infections caused by two pathogens (Paenibacillus larvae and Nosema ceranae) in laboratory conditions.
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Why is it important?
This work is important because we find that the mixture of L. kunkeei isolates obtained from the bee midgut proved to be a beneficial microorganism’s mixture that exerts positive effects on larvae and adult bees under laboratory conditions.
Perspectives
Further studies should be performed to elucidate the mechanisms of action of these beneficial microbes and their effect on the promotion of honey bee colony health.
Daniela Arredondo
Instituto de Investigaciones Biologicas Clemente Estable
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This page is a summary of: Lactobacillus kunkeei strains decreased the infection by honey bee pathogens Paenibacillus larvae and Nosema ceranae, Beneficial Microbes, February 2018, Wageningen Academic Publishers,
DOI: 10.3920/bm2017.0075.
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