Paenibacillus larvae and American foul-brood in honeybees

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 26-33

  Genersch, Elke ^a,b  

^a Institute for Bee Research   (Germany)

^b Länderinstitut für Bienenkunde ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

American foulbrood; Disease transmission; Genotypes; Paenibacillus larvae; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACILLUS; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BEES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

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

EID: 33846395141     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-120-26     Document Type: Review

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