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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ushio M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4346974 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ushio Masayuki M Yamasaki Eri E Takasu Hiroyuki H Nagano Atsushi J AJ Fujinaga Shohei S Honjo Mie N MN Ikemoto Mito M Sakai Shoko S Kudoh Hiroshi H
Scientific reports 20150303
Microbes are easily dispersed from one place to another, and immigrant microbes might contain information about the environments from which they came. We hypothesized that part of the microbial community on a flower's surface is transferred there from insect body surfaces and that this community can provide information to identify potential pollinator insects of that plant. We collected insect samples from the field, and found that an insect individual harbored an average of 12.2 × 10(5) microbi ...[more]