Preliminary investigations into possible resistance to oxytetracycline in Melissococcus plutonius, a pathogen of honeybee larvae

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-24

  Waite, R ^a   Jackson, S ^a,b   Thompson, H ^a  

^a Central Science Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera L.; European foulbrood; Melissococcus plutonius; Oxytetracycline resistance

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA L; CHLORTETRACYCLIN; ENGLAND AND WALES; EUROPEAN FOULBROOD; HONEYBEE COLONIES; MELISSOCOCCUS PLUTONII; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; OXYTETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

CHLORTETRACYCLINE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; HONEYBEE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PATHOGEN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONEYBEE; LARVA; MELISSOCOCCUS PLUTONIUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MELISSOCOCCUS PLUTONIUS;

EID: 0037215222     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01254.x     Document Type: Article

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