Genome sequences of the honey bee pathogens Paenibacillus larvae and Ascosphaera apis

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 715-718

  Qin, X ^a   Evans, J D ^b   Aronstein, K A ^c   Murray, K D ^c   Weinstock, G M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

American foulbrood; Chalkbrood; Host pathogen interaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACTERIAL GENOME; BEE; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; GENETICS; GENOME; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; BEES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GRAM-POSITIVE ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; ASCOSPHAERA APIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

EID: 33750478363     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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