Distribution of Paenibacillus larvae spores among adult honey bees (Apis mellifera) and the relationship with clinical symptoms of American foulbrood

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 253-259

  Lindström, Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; BEE; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS; LARVA; SPORES, BACTERIAL; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 46149124572     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9342-y     Document Type: Article

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