Paenibacillus larvae and American Foulbrood - Long since known and still surprising

Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 429-434

  Genersch, E ^a,b  

^a Institute for Bee Research   (Germany)

^b Länderinstitut für Bienenkunde ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

AFB diagnosis; American foulbrood; Paenibacillus larvae; Pathogenesis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 58149389522     PISSN: 16615751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00003-008-0379-8     Document Type: Article

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