Reclassification, genotypes and virulence of Paenibacillus larvae, the etiological agent of American foulbrood in honeybees - A review

Apidologie

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 411-420

  Ashiralieva, Ainura ^a   Genersch, Elke ^a  

^a Institute for Bee Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

American foulbrood; Genotyping; Paenibacillus larvae; Taxonomy; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; ETIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; LARVA; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 33745894633     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006028     Document Type: Review

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