Bacterial Agents for Biocontrol of American Foulbrood (AFB) of Larvae Honey Bee
Microbiology ResearchBee colonies are constantly threatened by a bacterial larvae disease called American foulbrood, caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Paenibacillus larvae. This is a highly specialized pathogen with only one established host, the honey bee larvae.
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The Portuguese experience with bee pathology laboratories for the diagnosis of bee diseases [PDF]
, 2008 In Portugal there are two referenced laboratories responsible for the diagnosis of bee diseases, namely the National Laboratory of Veterinary Investigation (LNIV) which is the National Reference Laboratory and the Bee Pathology Laboratory which belongs ...
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Honey bee-collected pollen is a potential source of Ascosphaera apis infection in managed bumble bees [PDF]
, 2019 The trade of bumble bees started in the early nineties for pollinator-dependent greenhouse plants. Nowadays, its rearing and transport have received public attention, since managed bees can transfer pathogens to wild bee populations.
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Veterinary SciencesWe tested an integrated pest management (IPM) strategy to control European foulbrood (EFB) in honey bees. Colonies affected by EFB were assigned to two homogenous groups: an oxytetracycline-treated group (1.5 g OTC/hive) that underwent partial shook ...
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Marketing North Dakota Honey [PDF]
Marketing,
Erlandson, Gordon W., Hauff, Jerry L.
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Tetracycline-resistance encoding plasmids from Paenibacillus larvae, the causal agent of American foulbrood disease, isolated from commercial honeys [PDF]
, 2014 Paenibacillus larvae, the causal agent of American foulbrood disease in honeybees, acquires tetracycline-resistance via native plasmids carrying known tetracycline-resistance determinants. From three P. larvae tetracycline-resistant strains isolated from
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Larvae act as a transient transmission hub for the prevalent bumblebee parasite Crithidia bombi [PDF]
, 2017 Disease transmission networks are key for understanding parasite epidemiology. Within the social insects, structured contact networks have been suggested to limit the spread of diseases to vulnerable members of their society, such as the queen or brood ...
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Reversing insect pollinator decline [PDF]
, 2013 Pollination by insects enables the reproduction of flowering plants and is critical to UK agriculture.1 Insect pollinators have declined globally, with implications for food security and wild habitats.
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The detection of Melissococcus pluton in honey bees (Apis mellifera) and their products using a hemi-nested PCR [PDF]
, 2003 A hemi-nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was further developed for the detection of Melissococcus pluton in adult bees and honey bee products. A chloroform:isoamyl alcohol DNA extraction method was used to provide template from 154 samples of adult ...
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Involvement of secondary metabolites in the pathogenesis of the American foulbrood of honey bees caused by Paenibacillus larvae [PDF]
, 2015 Covering: 2011 to end of 2014 The Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium Paenibacillus larvae (P. larvae) is the causative agent of the epizootic American Foulbrood (AFB), a fatal brood disease of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera). AFB is one of the
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