Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia), a controversial 21st century honey bee pathogen

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-29

  Higes, Mariano ^a   Meana, Aránzazu ^b   Bartolomé, Carolina ^c   Botías, Cristina ^a   Martín Hernández, Raquel ^d  

^a Laboratorio de Patología Apícola   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d Instituto de Recursos Humanos Para la Ciencia y la Tecnología INCRECYT FEDER Fundación Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Albacete   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APICULTURE; ARTICLE; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BEEKEEPING; BEES; DNA, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA; PREVALENCE; VIRULENCE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; NOSEMA; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 84873318940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12024     Document Type: Article

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