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Pathology and Parasitology

Bacterial microbiota in Nannotrigona testaceicornis (Lepeletier, 1836) colonies

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Pages 795-803 | Received 07 Sep 2020, Accepted 22 Sep 2021, Published online: 12 Jan 2022

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