Identification of Paenibacillus larvae to the subspecies level: An obstacle for AFB diagnosis

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-123

  De Graaf, Dirk C ^a,b   De Vos, Paul ^c   Heyndrickx, Marc ^d   Van Trappen, Stefanie ^c   Peiren, Nico ^a   Jacobs, Frans J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

Author keywords

American foulbrood; Apis mellifera; Diagnosis; Honeybee; Paenibacillus larvae; Taxonomy; Virulence determinant

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MANNITOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BEES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, RRNA; GRAM-POSITIVE ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS; MANNITOL; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

APIS MELLIFERA; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE SUBSP. LARVAE; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE SUBSP. PULVIFACIENS;

EID: 31944436676     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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