Identification of Nosema bombi Fantham and Porter 1914 (Microsporidia) in Bombus impatiens and Bombus sandersoni from Great Smoky Mountains National Park (USA)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-73

  Sokolova, Yuliya Y ^a,b,c   Sokolov, Igor M ^b,d   Carlton, Christopher E ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d SECHENOV INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bombus spp.; Bumble bees; Microsporidia; Nosema bombi; rRNA

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSEMA; PATHOGENICITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEES; EUROPE; NOSEMA; RNA, FUNGAL; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS BIMACULATUS; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; BOMBUS VAGANS; IMPATIENS; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORUM; NOSEMA; NOSEMA BOMBI; PYROBOMBUS;

EID: 72049115004     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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