Microbial investigation on honey bee larvae showing atypical symptoms of European foulbrood

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 321-327

  Gaggìa, Francesca ^a   Baffoni, Loredana ^a   Stenico, Verena ^a   Alberoni, Daniele ^a   Buglione, Enrico ^a   Lilli, Andrea ^a   Di Gioia, Diana ^a   Porrini, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

American foulbrood; Atypical symptoms; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE); European foulbrood; Honey bee larvae; Paenibacillus dendritiformis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946819796     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: 22830332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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