Characterization of bifidobacteria in the digestive tract of the Japanese honeybee, Apis cerana japonica

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-93

  Wu, Meihua ^a,b   Sugimura, Yuya ^a   Takaya, Noriko ^a   Takamatsu, Daisuke ^c,d   Kobayashi, Masaru ^c   Taylor, DeMar ^b   Yoshiyama, Mikio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; European foulbrood; Japanese honeybee; Melissococcus plutonius

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; JAPAN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBIOTICS;

APIS; APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; JAPONICA; MELISSOCOCCUS PLUTONIUS;

EID: 84871461970     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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