Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38313023›Full record

ArticlePeerJ2024

Identification of fungi isolated from commercial bumblebee colonies.

Lui Julie Chow, Miles L Nesbit, Tom Hill, Christopher Tranter, Sophie E F Evison, William O H Hughes, Peter Graystock

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Article in PeerJ, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Lui Julie Chow *Georgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Silwood Park Campus, Imperial College London, Ascot, Berkshire, United Kingdom.
Miles L Nesbit *Georgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Silwood Park Campus, Imperial College London, Ascot, Berkshire, United Kingdom.
Tom HillSchool of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Christopher TranterSchool of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Sophie E F EvisonSchool of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
William O H HughesSchool of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom.
Peter GraystockGeorgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet, Department of Life Sciences, Silwood Park Campus, Imperial College London, Ascot, Berkshire, United Kingdom.
Imperial College London · GBUniversity of Leeds · GBUniversity of Nottingham · GBUniversity of Sussex · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fungi can have important beneficial and detrimental effects on animals, yet our understanding of the diversity and function of most bee-associated fungi is poor. Over 2 million bumblebee colonies are traded globally every year, but the presence and transport of viable fungi within them is unknown. Here, we explored whether any culturable fungi could be isolated from commercial bumblebee nests. We collected samples of various substrates from within 14 bumblebee colonies, including the honey, honey cup wall, egg cup wall, and frass then placed them on agar and recorded any growth. Fungal morphotypes were then subcultured and their ITS region sequenced for identification. Overall, we cultured 11 fungal species from the various nest substrates. These included both pathogenic and non-pathogenic fungi, such as

Indexed as

AspergillusPenicilliumAgarAnimalsBeesAgarAspergillusBombusCandidaFungusMicrobeMonascusPenicilliumPollinatorSpilloverZygosaccharomyces

Identifiers

PMID38313023
PMCPMC10836204
OpenAlexW4391353992

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