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Genetic variability of the neogregarine Apicystis bombi, an etiological agent of an emergent bumblebee disease.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Maharramov Jafar, Meeus Ivan, Maebe Kevin, Arbetman Marina, Morales Carolina, Graystock Peter, Hughes William O H, Plischuk Santiago, Lange Carlos E, de Graaf Dirk C, Zapata Nelson, de la Rosa Jose Javier Perez, Murray Tomás E, Brown Mark J F, Smagghe Guy
Abstract excerpt
The worldwide spread of diseases is considered a major threat to biodiversity and a possible driver of the decline of pollinator populations, particularly when novel species or strains of parasites emerge. Previous studies have suggested that populations of introduced European honeybee (Apis mellifera) and bumblebee species (Bombus terrestris and Bombus ruderatus) in Argentina share the neogregarine parasite...
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