Rapid identification of differentially virulent genotypes of Paenibacillus larvae, the causative organism of American foulbrood of honey bees, by whole cell MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 291-297

  Schäfer, Marc Oliver ^a   Genersch, Elke ^b   Fünfhaus, Anne ^b   Poppinga, Lena ^b   Formella, Noreen ^a   Bettin, Barbara ^a   Karger, Axel ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Institute for Bee Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

American foulbrood; Diagnosis; Genotyping; MALDI TOF; Mass spectrometry; Paenibacillus larvae

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN FOULBROOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANADA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; PHENOTYPE; REFERENCE DATABASE; TYPE STRAIN;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

AMERICAN FOULBROOD; DIAGNOSIS; GENOTYPING; MALDI-TOF; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

ANIMALS; BEES; CANADA; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; LARVA; NEW ZEALAND; PAENIBACILLUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84898493539     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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