Microbial diversity in commercial bee pollen from Europe, Chile, and Mexico, based on 16S rRNA gene amplicon metagenome sequencing

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Vicente D. Moreno Andrade, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro; Carlos Saldaña Gutiérrez, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro; Rosa P. Calvillo Medina, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro; Andrés Cruz Hérnandez, Universidad de la Salle Bajio; Moisés A. Vázquez Cruz, Centro de Investigacion y Desarrollo; Alfonso Torres Ruíz, Centro de Investigacion y Desarrollo; Sergio Romero Gómez, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro; Miguel A. Ramos López, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro; Erika Álvarez-Hidalgo, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro; Silvia B. López-Gaytan, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro; Natanahel Salvador Ramírez, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro; George H Jones, Emory University; Jose Luis Hernandez-Flores, Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados; Juan Campos-Guillén, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro
• Language: English
• Date: 2018-05-01
• Publisher: American Society for Microbiology: Open Access Journals
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2018 Moreno Andrade et al.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00247-18
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Genome Announcements
• ISSN: 2169-8287
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 20
• Grant/Funding Information: This study was partially financed by the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico (grants PFCE 2018 and FOPER 2017 to J.C.-G. and C.S.G.).
• Research Categories: Biology, General; Biology, Genetics

Abstract

Bee pollen is a highly nutritive natural foodstuff. Because of its use as a comestible, the association of bacteria with bee pollen is commercially and biologically important. We report here the bacterial diversity of seven bee pollen samples (five from Europe, one from Chile, and one from Mexico) based on 16S rRNA gene amplicon metagenome sequencing.