Nosema ceranae, a newly identified pathogen of Apis mellifera in the USA and Asia

Apidologie

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 364-374

  Chen, Yan Ping ^a   Huang, Zachary Y ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

distribution; genome; host range; morphology; N. ceranae; Nosema apis; pathology

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; FUNGUS; GENOME; HONEYBEE; HOST RANGE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGEN; PATHOLOGY; POLLINATION;

ASIA; UNITED STATES;

APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 77953844512     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido/2010021     Document Type: Review

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