Phage therapy is effective in protecting honeybee larvae from American foulbrood disease

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ghorbani Nezami, Sara ^a   LeBlanc, Lucy ^a   Yost, Diane G ^a   Amy, Penny S ^a   Jeanne, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

American foulbrood disease; Bacteriophage; Honeybee; Paenibacillus larvae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIOPHAGE; BEE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; PAENIBACILLUS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BEES; LARVA; PAENIBACILLUS;

EID: 85043662657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iev051     Document Type: Article

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