Molecular epidemiology of Paenibacillus larvae infection in Finland

Apidologie

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-81

  Pentikäinen, Jaana ^a,b   Kalliainen, Eija ^a,c   Pelkonen, Sinikka ^a  

^a NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ISLAB   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

American foulbrood; Apis mellifera; Biotyping; NotI pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Paenibacillus larvae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOTYPE; ELECTROKINESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HONEYBEE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

APIS MELLIFERA; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

EID: 60749119295     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2008061     Document Type: Article

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