Presence of Nosema ceranae associated with honeybee queen introductions

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue , 2014, Pages 161-168

  Muñoz, Irene ^a   Cepero, Almudena ^b   Pinto, Maria Alice ^c   Martín Hernández, Raquel ^b,d   Higes, Mariano ^b   De la Rúa, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Centro Apicola Regional   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^d Fundacion Parque Cientifico y Tecnologico de Albacete   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Conservation; Nosema spp.; Queen introduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HONEYBEE; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE; NOSEMOSIS; ORGANISM COLONY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUEEN (INSECT); SPAIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES INTRODUCTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOTYPE; GENETICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

FUNGAL DNA;

ANIMALS; BEES; DNA, FUNGAL; ECOTYPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NOSEMA; SPAIN;

EID: 84896129503     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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