Biochemical characterization of different genotypes of Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae, a honey bee bacterial pathogen

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2381-2390

  Neuendorf, Sandra ^a   Hedtke, Kati ^a   Tangen, Gerhard ^b   Genersch, Elke ^a  

^a Landerinstitut fur Bienenkunde   (Germany)

^b Oxoid Gmbh   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HONEYBEE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

EID: 4344664040     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27125-0     Document Type: Article

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