Patrick Maes

Microbial Ecology of the Hive and Pollination Landscape: Bacterial Associates from Floral Nectar, the Alimentary Tract and Stored Food of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

Kirk E. Anderson, Timothy H. Sheehan, Brendon M. Mott et al. · PLoS ONE · 2013 · 313 citations · Full text

Insect Conservation, Microbial Evolution, Phylogenetic Analysis +23

The Bacterial Communities Associated with Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Foragers

Vanessa Corby‐Harris, Patrick Maes, Kirk E. Anderson · PLoS ONE · 2014 · 300 citations · Full text

Dysbiosis, Host-microbe Interactions, Entomology +21

Hive‐stored pollen of honey bees: many lines of evidence are consistent with pollen preservation, not nutrient conversion

Kirk E. Anderson, Mark J. Carroll, Tim Sheehan et al. · Molecular Ecology · 2014 · 235 citations · Full text

Biology, Microbial Diversity, Honey Bee Hives +14

Diet‐related gut bacterial dysbiosis correlates with impaired development, increased mortality and Nosema disease in the honeybee (<i>Apis mellifera</i>)

Patrick Maes, Pedro A. P. Rodrigues, Randy Oliver et al. · Molecular Ecology · 2016 · 180 citations

Dysbiosis, Colonization Resistance, Host-microbe Interactions +16

Origin and Effect of Alpha 2.2 Acetobacteraceae in Honey Bee Larvae and Description of Parasaccharibacter apium gen. nov., sp. nov

Vanessa Corby‐Harris, Lucy Snyder, Melissa R. Schwan et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2014 · 147 citations · Full text

Biology, Microbial Diversity, Microbial Systematics +15