Five-year cohort study of nosema spp. in Germany: Does climate shape virulence and assertiveness of nosema ceranae?

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3032-3038

  Gisder, Sebastian ^a   Hedtke, Kati ^a   Möckel, Nadine ^a   Frielitz, Marie Charlotte ^a   Linde, Andreas ^b   Genersch, Elke ^a  

^a Institute for Bee Research   (Germany)

^b Fachhochschule Eberswalde   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; CLIMATIC REGIONS; COHORT STUDIES; COLD WINTER; EUROPEAN HONEYBEES; FUNGAL PATHOGEN; GERMANY; HONEYBEE COLONIES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROSPORIDIA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; SPORE GERMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

PATHOGENS;

COHORT ANALYSIS; FUNGAL DISEASE; GERMINATION; HONEYBEE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CLIMATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GERMANY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSEMA; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BEES; CLIMATE; COHORT STUDIES; GERMANY; NOSEMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

GERMANY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 77951574501     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03097-09     Document Type: Article

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