Genetic and biochemical diversity among isolates of Paenibacillus alvei cultured from Australian honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1098-1106

  Djordjevic, Steven P ^a   Forbes, Wendy A ^a   Smith, Lisa A ^a   Hornitzky, Michael A ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; CATALASE; DNA; ESCULIN; GLYCEROL; MALTOSE; NITRATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS ALVEI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BEES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

APIS MELLIFERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS ALVEI; PAENIBACILLUS MACERANS; PAENIBACILLUS MACQUARIENSIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034059930     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.3.1098-1106.2000     Document Type: Article

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