Detection of infective Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia) spores in corbicular pollen of forager honeybees

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-78

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

^a Regional Apicultural Center   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Corbicular pollen; Epidemiology; Nosema ceranae; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUNGUS SPORE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA; PARASITOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BEES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA; POLLEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

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

EID: 37049028092     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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