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Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia), a controversial 21st century honey bee pathogen.
Environmental microbiology reports - 1 Feb 2013
Higes Mariano, Meana Aránzazu, Bartolomé Carolina, Botías Cristina, Martín-Hernández Raquel
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The worldwide beekeeping sector has been facing a grave threat, with losses up to 100-1000 times greater than those previously reported. Despite the scale of this honey bee mortality, the causes underlying this phenomenon remain unclear, yet they are thought to be multifactorial processes. Nosema ceranae, a microsporidium recently detected in the European bee all over the world, has been implicated in the global...
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