Outcome of colonization of Apis mellifera by Nosema ceranae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 6331-6338

  Martín Hernández, Raquel ^a,e   Meana, Aránzazu ^b   Prieto, Lourdes ^c   Salvador, Amparo Martínez ^d   Garrido Bailón, Encarna ^a   Higes, Mariano ^a  

^a Junta de Comunidades de Castilla La Mancha   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c DNA Laboratory   (Spain)

^d TRAGSA   (Spain)

^e Regional Apicultural Center   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; REACTION KINETICS; RNA;

APIS MELLIFERA; BEE NOSEMOSIS; NOSEMA-POSITIVE;

BACTERIA;

PRIMER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

COLONIZATION; DETECTION METHOD; FUNGUS; HONEYBEE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HONEYBEE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

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

EID: 35448993270     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00270-07     Document Type: Article

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