Horizontal transmission of Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia) from worker honeybees to queens (Apis mellifera)

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 495-498

  Higes, Mariano ^a   Martín Hernández, Raquel ^a   García Palencia, Pilar ^b   Marín, Pilar ^b   Meana, Aránzazu ^b  

^a JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 77953841120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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