Experimental infection of Apis mellifera honeybees with Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-217

  Higes, Mariano ^a   García Palencia, Pilar ^b   Martín Hernández, Raquel ^a   Meana, Aránzazu ^b  

^a Regional Apicultural Center   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Honeybee; Infection; Microsporidia; Nosema ceranae; Nosemosis; Pathology; SSUrRNA

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSEMA; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEES; GENES, FUNGAL; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NOSEMA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 33846931395     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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