[Fungi microbiot of Melipona subnitida Ducke (Hymenoptera: Apidae)]

Neotrop Entomol. 2008 May-Jun;37(3):345-6. doi: 10.1590/s1519-566x2008000300017.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

This paper reports on the occurrence of filamentous fungi found on the surface of the bees body from the specie Melipona subnitida Ducke that inhabits rocky places on the semi-arid Northeastern Brazil. Bees with cause of natural death were collected of beehives belonging to the Centro de Multiplicação de Animais Silvestres of the Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Arido. We found the fungi: Aspergillus sp. 6 (37.5%); Aspergillus niger 2 (12.5%); Penicilium sp. 2 (12.5%); Aspergillus terreus 1 (6.3%); Curvularia sp. 1 (6.35%); Monilia sp. 1 (6.3%); Nigrospora sp. 1 (6.3%); Cladosporium sp. 1 (6.3%); Tricoderma sp. 1 (6.3%).

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bees / microbiology*
  • Brazil
  • Fungi / classification
  • Fungi / isolation & purification*