Identification and characterization of two novel toxins expressed by the lethal honey bee pathogen Paenibacillus larvae, the causative agent of American foulbrood

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2951-2965

  Fünfhaus, Anne ^a   Poppinga, Lena ^a   Genersch, Elke ^a  

^a Institute for Bee Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; POSIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BEE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; LARVA; MUTATION; PAENIBACILLUS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84886385840     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12229     Document Type: Article

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