Putative determinants of virulence in Melissococcus plutonius, the bacterial agent causing European foulbrood in honey bees [PDF]
Virulence, 2020 Melissococcus plutonius is a bacterial pathogen that causes epidemic outbreaks of European foulbrood (EFB) in honey bee populations. The pathogenicity of a bacterium depends on its virulence, and understanding the mechanisms influencing virulence may ...
Daniela Grossar +6 more
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Revisiting the role of pathogen diversity and microbial interactions in honeybee susceptibility and treatment of Melissococcus plutonius infection [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceEuropean Foulbrood (EFB) is a severe bacterial disease affecting honeybees, primarily caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Melissococcus plutonius. Although the presence of M.
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Virulence of Melissococcus plutonius and secondary invaders associated with European foulbrood disease of the honey bee [PDF]
MicrobiologyOpen, 2019 European foulbrood is a globally distributed brood disease affecting honey bees. It may lead to lethal infections of larvae and, in severe cases, even to colony collapse.
Oleg Lewkowski, Silvio Erler
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Ecology and Pathogenicity for Honey Bee Brood of Recently Described Paenibacillus melissococcoides and Comparison With Paenibacillus dendritiformis, Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus. [PDF]
Environ Microbiol RepHoney bee colonies contain thousands of individuals living in close proximity in a thermally homeostatic nest, creating ideal conditions for the thriving of numerous pathogens.
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Population genetic diversity and dynamics of the honey bee brood pathogen Melissococcus plutonius in a region with high prevalence. [PDF]
J Invertebr Pathol, 2023 European foulbrood (EFB) is a honey bee brood disease caused by the bacterium Melissococcus plutonius. Large-scale EFB outbreaks have been reported in several countries in recent decades, which entail costly sanitation measures of affected apiaries to ...
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Lack of evidence for trans-generational immune priming against the honey bee pathogen Melissococcus plutonius. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Trans-generational immune priming involves the transfer of immunological experience, acquired by the parents after exposure to pathogens, to protect their progeny against infections by these pathogens.
Florine Ory +5 more
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Peritrophic matrix-degrading proteins are dispensable virulence factors in a virulent Melissococcus plutonius strain [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 European foulbrood (EFB) caused by Melissococcus plutonius is a major bacterial disease of honey bees. Strains of the causative agent exhibit genetic heterogeneity, and the degree of virulence varies among strains.
Keiko Nakamura +5 more
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Differential resistance across paternal genotypes of honey bee brood to the pathogenic bacterium Melissococcus plutonius [PDF]
Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 147, Issue 1, Page 85-93, February 2023., 2022 Melissococcus plutonius is a pathogenic bacterium affecting immature stages of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) and leads to European foulbrood (EFB) disease.
Ameline, Camille +5 more
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Melissococcus plutonius Can Be Effectively and Economically Detected Using Hive Debris and Conventional PCR [PDF]
Insects, 2021 European foulbrood (EFB) is an infectious disease of honey bees caused by the bacterium Melissococcus plutonius. A method for DNA isolation and conventional PCR diagnosis was developed using hive debris, which was non-invasively collected on paper sheets
Jana Biová +6 more
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Identification of peptides from honeybee gut symbionts as potential antimicrobial agents against Melissococcus plutonius [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Eusocial pollinators are crucial elements in global agriculture. The honeybees and bumblebees are associated with a simple yet host-restricted gut community, which protect the hosts against pathogen infections.
Haoyu Lang +5 more
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