Discovery of Paenibacillus larvae ERIC V: Phenotypic and genomic comparison to genotypes ERIC I-IV reveal different inventories of virulence factors which correlate with epidemiological prevalences of American Foulbrood

• Autors principals: Hannes Beims (Autor), Boyke Bunk (Autor), Silvio Erler (Autor), Kathrin I. Mohr (Autor), Cathrin Spröer (Autor), Silke Pradella (Autor), Gabi Günther (Autor), Manfred Rohde (Autor), Werner von der Ohe (Autor), Michael Steinert (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: Elsevier, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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Paenibacillus larvae is the etiological agent of American Foulbrood (AFB), a highly contagious brood disease of honey bees (Apis mellifera). AFB requires mandatory reporting to the veterinary authority in many countries and until now four genotypes, P. larvae ERIC I-IV, have been identified. We isol...