Widespread dispersal of the microsporidian Nosema ceranae, an emergent pathogen of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Klee, Julia ^a   Besana, Andrea M ^a   Genersch, Elke ^b   Gisder, Sebastian ^b   Nanetti, Antonio ^c   Tam, Dinh Quyet ^d   Chinh, Tong Xuan ^d   Puerta, Francisco ^e   Ruz, José Maria ^e   Kryger, Per ^f   Message, Dejair ^g   Hatjina, Fani ^h   Korpela, Seppo ⁱ   Fries, Ingemar ^j   Paxton, Robert J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Bee Research   (Germany)

^c CRA   (Italy)

^d Bee Research and Development Centre   (Viet Nam)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^h INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

ⁱ FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^j SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

16S rRNA; Beekeeping; Exotic; Microsporidia; Nosema apis; PCR; RFLP; Small subunit ribosomal RNA gene

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BEES; DNA, FUNGAL; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

APIS MELLIFERA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 34547872335     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2007.02.014     Document Type: Article

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