Nosema disease in bees: molecular genetic detection, host specificity and transmission

Currently, three species of the eukaryotic obligatory intracellular microsporidian parasites of the genus Nosema have been identified in bees, namely Nosema bambi infecting bumblebees (Bombus spp.) and Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae found in honeybees (Apis spp.). Given difficulties in identifying t...

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Main Author: Klee, J.
Published: Queen's University Belfast 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.484960