The first paper out of my PhD has just been published! Check out our research on the bacterial microbiota associated with the reproductive tissues of stingless bees, and why we think parastitic reproductive bacteria like Wolbachia might be so uncommon in stingless bees. doi.org/10.1007/s135...
The microbiota associated with the reproductive tissues of insects can play an important role in altering host fitness: they can manipulate host fecundity to the microbe’s benefit, modulate their host...
