Rapid detection of Paenibacillus larvae from honey and hive samples with a novel nested PCR protocol

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-201

  Lauro, Federico M ^a   Favaretto, Matteo ^a   Covolo, Loredana ^a   Rassu, Mario ^b   Bertoloni, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

American foulbrood; Apis mellifera; Honeybee; Paenibacillus larvae; PCR

Indexed keywords

PROPOLIS;

AMERICAN FOULBROOD DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HONEY; HONEYBEE; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHYLAXIS;

BACILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HONEY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

EID: 0037465611     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(02)00257-X     Document Type: Article

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