Temperature dependent virulence of obligate and facultative fungal pathogens of honeybee brood

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 200-205

  Vojvodic, S ^a   Jensen, A B ^a   James, R R ^b   Boomsma, J J ^a   Eilenberg, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Ascosphaera; Aspergillus; Host pathogen interactions; Temperature; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOSPHAERA APIS; ASCOSPORE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; HONEYBEE; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; LARVA; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BEES; HYPHAE; LARVA; MYCOSES; ONYGENALES; SPORES, FUNGAL; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE;

APIS MELLIFERA; ASCOSPHAERA; ASCOSPHAERA APIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79952103168     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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