title: [Fungi microbiot of Melipona subnitida Ducke (Hymenoptera: Apidae)].
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%).
authors.affiliation: Lab. Microbiologia Veterinária, Depto. Ciências Animais, Univ. Federal Rural do Semi-Arido, Mossoró, RN, 59625-900, Brazil. marlon@ufersa.edu.br
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Ferraz
authors.forename: Francisco M C
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Feijó
authors.forename: Nilza D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: Paulo M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Daniel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Carlos C O
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Freitas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000382:microbiology*; D001938:Brazil; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*