Variability in germination and in temperature and storage resistance among Paenibacillus larvae genotypes

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 342-349

  Forsgren, Eva ^a   Stevanovic, Jevrosima ^b   Fries, Ingemar ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

American foulbrood; Endospores; Genotypes; Germination; Paenibacillus larvae

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEAT TREATMENT; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS; SPORE GERMINATION; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACILLACEAE; BEES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GENOTYPE; HEAT; HONEY; LARVA; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

EID: 43249121392     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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