Molecular epidemiology and population structure of the honey bee brood pathogen Melissococcus plutonius

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1588-1597

  Budge, Giles E ^a   Shirley, Mark D F ^b   Jones, Benjamin ^a   Quill, Emiline ^a   Tomkies, Victoria ^a   Feil, Edward J ^c   Brown, Mike A ^a   Haynes, Edward G ^a,d  

^a FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; European foulbrood; insect; multi locus sequence typing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCACEAE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BEES; ENGLAND; ENTEROCOCCACEAE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84905007243     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.20     Document Type: Article

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