Pseudomonas contamination of a fungus-based biopesticide: Implications for honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) health and Varroa mite (Acari: Varroidae) control

Biological Control

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 312-320

  Meikle, William G ^a   Mercadier, Guy ^a   Guermache, Fatiha ^a   Bon, Marie Claude ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA sequencing; Apis mellifera; Beauveria bassiana; Biological control; Contamination; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Varroa destructor

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS GROUP; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; VARROA; VARROA DESTRUCTOR; VARROIDAE;

EID: 84856500602     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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