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Microfungal Flora of (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) from the Eastern Black Sea Region and Fungal Vector Capacity in Honey Bee Colonies

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Specialty Microbiology
Date 2024 Mar 14
PMID 38482356
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Honey bees have a great economic importance both in Turkey and in the world due to the products they produce and their contribution to pollination. For this reason, many microflora and microbiota studies have been conducted on bees. While these research were primarily focused on pathogen isolation, the ecological roles of non-pathogenic flora members and how they may be used are now being studied more extensively. Considering the importance of pathogens, the number of studies is expected to continue to increase. This study was carried out to determine the microfungal flora of the body surfaces and digestive tracts of dead honey bee () and samples taken from different apiaries in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey (Gümüşhane, Trabzon, Artvin and Ordu) in 2022. As a result of the study, a total of 11 different fungal species belonging to the genera , , , , , and were identified and the relationships of these fungi with bees were discussed based on the literature.

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