A Nosema ceranae isolate from the honeybee Apis mellifera

Apidologie

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-37

  Huang, Wei Fone ^a   Jiang, Jing Hao ^a   Chen, Yue Wen ^b   Wang, Chung Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Microsporidia; Nosema ceranae; Nosema disease; rRNA

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; DNA; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; RNA; SPORE; WORKER CASTE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

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

EID: 33847031777     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006054     Document Type: Article

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