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Population structure and antimicrobial susceptibility of Paenibacillus larvae isolates from American foulbrood cases in Apis mellifera in Japan.
Environmental microbiology reports - 1 Apr 2018
Ueno Yuichi, Yoshida Emi, Misumi Wakako, Watando Eri, Suzuki Kenta, Hirai Yuko, Okura Masatoshi, Osaki Makoto, Katsuda Ken, Takamatsu Daisuke
Abstract excerpt
Paenibacillus larvae is the causative agent of American foulbrood (AFB), the most destructive disease of the honey bee brood. In this study, we investigated the population structure and antimicrobial susceptibility of Japanese P. larvae using 100 isolates isolated between 1993 and 2017 in 17 prefectures. Using repetitive-element PCR and multilocus sequence typing, isolates from diverse origins were classified...
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