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Apidologie
Volume 40, Number 3, May-June 2009
Bee conservation
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| Page(s) | 417 - 417 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/apido/2009042 | |
| Published online | 07 July 2009 | |
Erratum
A scientific note on the lactic acid bacterial flora in honeybees in the USA – A comparison with bees from Sweden*
Alejandra Vásquez1, Tobias C. Olofsson1 and Diana Sammataro2
1 Microbiology Laboratory at Campus Helsingborg, Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Lund University Campus Helsingborg,
Rönnowsgatan 6, PO Box SE-25108 Helsingborg, Sweden
2 USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Honey Bee Research Centre, Department of Entomology, University of Arizona,
2000 East Allen Road, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
Corresponding author: T.C. Olofsson, Tobias.Olofsson@cob.lu.se
Received: 3 June 2008
Revised: 2 September 2008
Accepted: 2 September 2008
Key words: Lactobacillus / Bifidobacterium / Apis mellifera / 16S rRNA genotyping / coevolution
The source material for Apis mellifera honey stomachs was given as Apis mellifera scutellata. Since, however, the bees were obtained from an apiary in Arizona, USA, and trinomial subspecies epithets should refer to populations sampled within the endemic range of a recognized subspecies only, the correct denomination for the bee source of this study would be: African-derived Apis mellifera, frequently also referred to as Africanized honey bees (AHB) or New World African bees. This correction does not change any aspect concerning the identification of the bacteria and does not affect the conclusions of this study.
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