The detection of Melissococcus pluton in honey bees (Apis mellifera) and their products using a hemi-nested PCR

Apidologie

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-27

  McKee, Ben Alexander ^a   Djordjevic, Steven Philip ^b   Goodman, Russell David ^c   Hornitzky, Michael Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Australia; European foulbrood; Honey bees; Melissococcus pluton; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; HONEYBEE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MELISSOCOCCUS PLUTON; MELISSOCOCCUS PLUTONIUS;

EID: 0037284632     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2002047     Document Type: Article

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