Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4558113 | Journal of Invertebrate Pathology | 2010 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
After more than a century of American Foulbrood (AFB) research, this fatal brood infection is still among the most deleterious bee diseases. Its etiological agent is the Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium Paenibacillus larvae. Huge progress has been made, especially in the last 20 years, in the understanding of the disease and of the underlying host-pathogen interactions. This review will place these recent developments in the study of American Foulbrood and of P. larvae into the general context of AFB research.
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Authors
Elke Genersch,