Comparative Genomics and Description of Putative Virulence Factors of Melissococcus plutonius, the Causative Agent of European Foulbrood Disease in Honey Bees

Comparative Genomics and Description of Putative Virulence Factors of Melissococcus plutonius, the Causative Agent of European Foulbrood Disease in Honey Bees

In Europe, approximately 84% of cultivated crop species depend on insect pollinators, mainly bees. Apis mellifera (the Western honey bee) is the most important commercial pollinator worldwide. The Gram-positive bacterium Melissococcus plutonius is the causative agent of European foulbrood (EFB), a g...

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Main Authors: Marvin Djukic, Silvio Erler, Andreas Leimbach, Daniela Grossar, Jean-Daniel Charrière, Laurent Gauthier, Denise Hartken, Sascha Dietrich, Heiko Nacke, Rolf Daniel, Anja Poehlein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Genes
Subjects:
European foulbrood
comparative genomics
pathogenesis
Melissococcus plutonius
toxin
virulence factor
Apis mellifera
brood disease
host-parasite interaction
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/9/8/419

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