Strain- and Genotype-Specific Differences in Virulence of <i>Paenibacillus larvae</i> subsp. <i>larvae</i> , a Bacterial Pathogen Causing American Foulbrood Disease in Honeybees

Genersch, Elke; Ashiralieva, Ainura; Fries, Ingemar

doi:10.1128/aem.71.11.7551-7555.2005

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Strain- and Genotype-Specific Differences in Virulence of Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae , a Bacterial Pathogen Causing American Foulbrood Disease in Honeybees

Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology • Nov 1, 2005

Authors:

Elke Genersch

Ainura Ashiralieva

Ingemar Fries

Abstract

Virulence variations of Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae, the causative agent of American foulbrood disease of honeybees, were investigated by analysis of 16 field isolates of this pathogen, belonging to three previously characterized genotypes, as well as the type strain (ATCC 9545) of P. larvae ...

Subject

American foulbrood

Biology

Virulence

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