Establishment of a bacterial infection model using the European honeybee, Apis mellifera L.

Injection of human pathogenic bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Serratia marcescens, Salmonella enterica, Staphylococcus aureus, and Listeria monocytogenes) into the hemocoel of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) workers kills the infected bees. The bee-killing effects of the pathogens were affected by te...

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Main Authors: Kenichi Ishii, Hiroshi Hamamoto, Kazuhisa Sekimizu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3933694?pdf=render