Nosema ceranae in European honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Fries, Ingemar ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Microsporidia; Nosema apis; Nosema ceranae; Virulence

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BEE; EUROPE; FREEZING; GENETICS; GENOME; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BEEKEEPING; BEES; EUROPE; FREEZING; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GENOME; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; SPORES;

APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 73749084217     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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