Effect of dietary supplementation of Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus strains in Apis mellifera L. against Nosema ceranae

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 45-51

  Baffoni, L ^a   Gaggia F ^a   Alberoni, D ^a   Cabbri, R ^b   Nanetti, A ^b   Biavati, B ^a   Di Gioia, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CRA API   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beneficial bacteria; Gut microbiota; Honeybee pathogens; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; BACTERIAL RNA;

APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUNGAL LOAD; FUNGAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA CERANAE; NOSEMOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SYMBIONT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BEE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSEMA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; LACTOBACILLUS; NOSEMA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84958191416     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2015.0085     Document Type: Article

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