Molecular diversity of Paenibacillus larvae strains isolated from Lithuanian apiaries [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 Paenibacillus larvae bacterium is known to be the causative agent of American foulbrood (AFB), a widespread, highly contagious and fatal disease in honey bees (Apis mellifera).
Paulina Amšiejute +10 more
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Short Communication: Efficacy of Two Commercial Disinfectants on Paenibacillus larvae Spores [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 Paenibacillus larvae is a spore-forming bacterium causing American foulbrood (AFB) in honey bee larvae. The remains of a diseased larva contains billions of extremely resilient P. larvae spores viable for decades.
Joseph Kiriamburi +4 more
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Prevalence of Paenibacillus larvae, the Causative Agent of American Foulbrood Disease, in Apiaries of Iran [PDF]
Archives of Razi InstituteHoney bees are among the most crucial pollinators, significantly contributing to the growth of flowers and wild plants within ecosystems. Extensive epidemiological studies have been undertaken to identify and mitigate bacterial, fungal, and viral ...
Niloofar Hossein-Roudbari +5 more
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Genomic Analysis of 48 Paenibacillus larvae Bacteriophages
Viruses, 2018 The antibiotic-resistant bacterium Paenibacillus larvae is the causative agent of American foulbrood (AFB), currently the most destructive bacterial disease in honeybees. Phages that infect P. larvae were isolated as early as the 1950s, but it is only in
Julianne Grose +2 more
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Phages Bind to Vegetative and Spore Forms of Paenibacillus larvae and to Vegetative Brevibacillus laterosporus [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Paenibacillus larvae is the causative agent of American Foulbrood (AFB), the most destructive bacterial infection in honeybees. Even antibiotic-sensitive strains of P.
T. Scott Brady +6 more
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Detection of Paenibacillus larvae spores in honey by conventional PCR and its potential for American foulbrood control [PDF]
Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2019 The present study attempted to detect Paenibacillus larvae spores in naturally contaminated honeys by conventional PCR and to determine the sensitivity of the reaction with different primer pairs in order to assess its potential for American foulbrood ...
N. Rusenova, P. Parvanov, S. Stanilova
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Molecular basis of antibiotic self-resistance in a bee larvae pathogen
Nature Communications, 2022 The authors show that the N-acetyltransferase PamZ acts as a self-resistance factor disabling the antibacterial paenilamicin that is produced by the honey bee larvae pathogen Paenibacillus larvae.
Tam Dang +11 more
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INHIBITION EFFECT OF SOME NEW TYPES OF LACTIC ACID BACTERIA (EXTRACTED FOR GUT OF THE HONEYBEE Apis mellifera) AGINST Paeni bacillus larvae larvae [PDF]
Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2015 The probiotic lactic acid bacterium (LAB) was reported in the gut of the honeybee Apis mellifera. Partial 16S rRNA gene sequences of the bacterial flora found in the gut of the honeybee workers, revealed the presence of seven novel strain of LAB. Five of
Shireen Ma’moun +6 more
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Short communication: A potential role of tannins in the control of American foulbrood
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2021 Aim of study: To evaluate the use of tannins extracts in the control of the American foulbrood pathology and to investigate if these extracts present levels of toxicity on Apis mellifera.
Pablo Gimenez-Martinez +2 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 American foulbrood (AFB) is the most serious bacterial disease of honey bee brood. Spores of the causative agent Paenibacillus larvae are ingested by bee larvae via brood foods and germinated cells proliferate in the larval midgut.
Mariko Okamoto +4 more
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