Inhibition of Paenibacillus larvae and Ascosphaera apis by Bacillus subtilis isolated from honeybee gut and honey samples

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-199

  Sabaté, Daniela C ^a,b   Carrillo, Leonor ^c   Carina Audisio, M ^a,b,d  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Quimica Salta   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE JUJUY   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antimycotic compound; Honeybee pathogens; Paenibacillus larvae; Surfactin

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT; RNA 16S; SURFACTIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASCOSPHAERA APIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEYBEE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOSIS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BEES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FUNGI; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HONEY; LIPOPEPTIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ASCOSPHAERA APIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

EID: 65749102805     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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