American Foulbrood in honeybees and its causative agent, Paenibacillus larvae

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Genersch, Elke ^a  

^a Institute for Bee Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

American Foulbrood; Paenibacillus larvae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APICULTURE; ARTICLE; BEE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; PAENIBACILLUS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEEKEEPING; BEES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LARVA; PAENIBACILLUS;

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

EID: 73749084831     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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