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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0120-548X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Biológica Colombiana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta biol.Colomb.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-548X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0120-548X2006000100010</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[CONTENIDO MICROBIOLÓGICO CULTIVABLE DEL TRACTO INTESTINAL Y POLEN ALMACENADO DE Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Cultured Microbiological Content of the Intestinal Tract and Stored Pollen of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[GARCÍA GARCÍA]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[DUBERNEY]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A01"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[ROJAS MOGOLLÓN]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[MARCO ANDRÉS]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[SÁNCHEZ NIEVES]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JIMENA]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="A01"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="A01">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá Facultad de Ciencias Departamento de Biología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2006</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2006</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>11</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>123</fpage>
<lpage>129</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-548X2006000100010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-548X2006000100010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-548X2006000100010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Se caracterizaron los microorganismos cultivables asociados con Apis mellifera. Las muestras fueron tomadas a partir de polen almacenado (joven y maduro) y transportado en corbículas y tracto digestivo de las abejas (forrajeras y recién nacidas). Se aislaron bacterias pertenecientes a los géneros Pseudomonas, Streptococcus, Micrococcus, Lactobacillus, Klebsiella, Proteus, Yersinia y Arthrobacter y hongos de los géneros Rhizopus, Alternaria y Epicoccum. De acuerdo a sus propiedades bioquímicas, algunas de estas bacterias pueden estar involucradas en la degradación de los compuestos de la capa externa del polen y son adquiridas por las abejas a través del alimento y contacto con otros individuos de la colmena. La presencia de los hongos se explica por su amplia distribución en el ambiente, ya que los tres géneros se encuentran comúnmente en el suelo y en las plantas que las abejas pueden seleccionar como fuente de alimento.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Microorganisms associated with Apis mellifera were characterized. Samples were collected from storage pollen (young pollen and ripe pollen) and carried in corbiculas, and bee’s gut of newly born and adult workers. Bacteria belonging to Pseudomonas, Streptococcus, Micrococcus, Lactobacillus, Klebsiella, Proteus, Yersinia and Arthrobacter genus and molds of Rhizopus, Alternaria and Epicoccum genus were isolated. According to their biochemical properties some of these microbes may be involved in the outer pollen walls degradation and could have been acquired by the bees through food ingestion or contact with other bees. The molds presence is explicated by their wide environmental distribution; they are typically found in soil and plants chosen as food source by bees.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Apis mellifera]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[polen]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[intestino]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pseudomonas sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Streptococcus sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Micrococcus sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Lactobacillus sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Klebsiella sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Proteus sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Arthrobacter sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Yersinia sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Rhizopus sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Alternaria sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Epicoccum sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Apis mellifera]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pollen]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[gut]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Pseudomonas sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Streptococcus sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Micrococcus sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Lactobacillus sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Klebsiella sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Proteus sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Arthrobacter sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Yersinia sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Rhizopus sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Alternaria sp.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Epicoccum sp.]]></kwd>
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