A PCR-based method that permits specific detection of Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae, the cause of American Foulbrood of honey bees, at the subspecies level

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-33

  Alippi, A M ^a   Lopez A C ^b   Aguilar, O M ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS Y FORESTALES   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

American Foulbrood; Apis mellifera L.; Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae; Paenibacillus larvae subsp. pulvifaciens; PCR detection; Primers; Spores

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

AMERICAN FOULBROOD; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA L; LARVA; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; PENIBACILLU LARVA SUBSP.; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION DETECTION; PRIMER; PULVIFACIEN; SPORE;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BEE; DETECTION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMERICAN FOULBROOD; AMPLICON; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSPECIES;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYMENOPTERA; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE SUBSP. LARVAE; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE SUBSP. PULVIFACIENS;

EID: 3042742746     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2004.01535.x     Document Type: Article

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