American Foulbrood in honeybees and its causative agent, Paenibacillus larvae

E Genersch - Journal of invertebrate pathology, 2010 - Elsevier
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 …

Standard methods for American foulbrood research

DC De Graaf, AM Alippi, K Antúnez… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
American foulbrood is one of the most devastating diseases of the honey bee. It is caused by
the spore-forming, Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium Paenibacillus larvae. The recent …

Lactobacillus kunkeei strains decreased the infection by honey bee pathogens Paenibacillus larvae and Nosema ceranae

D Arredondo, L Castelli, MP Porrini… - Beneficial …, 2018 - wageningenacademic.com
Due to their social behaviour, honey bees can be infected by a wide range of pathogens
including the microsporidia Nosema ceranae and the bacteria Paenibacillus larvae. The use …

Paenibacillus larvae and American Foulbrood – long since known and still surprising

E Genersch - Journal für Verbraucherschutz und …, 2008 - Springer
Die Amerikanische Faulbrut (AFB) gehört zu den gefährlichsten bakteriellen
Bruterkrankungen der Honigbienen. Der Verursacher der AFB ist das Gram-positive …

Honeybee health in South America

M Maggi, K Antúnez, C Invernizzi, P Aldea, M Vargas… - Apidologie, 2016 - Springer
Honeybees are essential components to modern agriculture and economy. However, a
continuous increase in cases of colony losses and colony depopulation are being reported …

Biology of Paenibacillus larvae, a deadly pathogen of honey bee larvae

J Ebeling, H Knispel, G Hertlein, A Fünfhaus… - Applied microbiology …, 2016 - Springer
The gram-positive bacterium Paenibacillus larvae is the etiological agent of American
Foulbrood of honey bees, a notifiable disease in many countries. Hence, P. larvae can be …

Bacterial pathogens of bees

A Fünfhaus, J Ebeling, E Genersch - Current opinion in insect science, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Paenibacillus larvae is the best studied brood pathogen of honey bees.•The
honey bee pathogen Melissococcus plutonius awaits further characterization.•Pathogenicity …

Efficacy of natural propolis extract in the control of American Foulbrood

K Antúnez, J Harriet, L Gende, M Maggi… - Veterinary …, 2008 - Elsevier
Paenibacillus larvae is the causative agent of American Foulbrood (AFB), a severe disease
that affects larvae of the honeybees. Due to the serious effects associated with AFB and the …

Negative Correlation between Individual-Insect-Level Virulence and Colony-Level Virulence of Paenibacillus larvae, the Etiological Agent of American Foulbrood of …

S Rauch, A Ashiralieva, K Hedtke… - Applied and …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Paenibacillus larvae is the etiological agent of American foulbrood (AFB) in honeybees.
Recently, different genotypes of P. larvae (ERIC I to ERIC IV) were defined, and it was …

Biogeography of Paenibacillus larvae, the causative agent of American foulbrood, using a new multilocus sequence ty** scheme

BJ Morrissey, T Helgason, L Pop**a… - Environmental …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A merican foulbrood is the most destructive brood disease of honeybees (A pis mellifera)
globally. The absence of a repeatable, universal ty** scheme for the causative bacterium …