A microsporidian pathogen isolated from a colony of the European bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, and infectivity on Japanese bumblebee

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-64

  Niwa, Satomi ^a   Iwano, Hidetoshi ^b   Asada, Shin Ichi ^c   Matsuura, Makoto ^d   Goka, Kouichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kanagawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Institute   (Japan)

^d MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Bombus terrestris; Microsporidia; Nosema bombi; Pollinator

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBUS DIVERSUS; BOMBUS HYPOCRITA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; INVERTEBRATA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA BOMBI;

EID: 2342640210     PISSN: 00214914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/jjaez.2004.60     Document Type: Article

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