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SUBMITTER: Garrido-Bailon E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3815939 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Microbial biotechnology 20130806 6
The microorganisms Ascosphaera apis, Paenibacillus larvae and Melissococcus plutonius are the three most important pathogens that affect honeybee brood. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of these pathogens in honeybee colonies and to elucidate their role in the honeybee colony losses in Spain. In order to get it, a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was developed to simultaneously amplify the16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) gene of P. larvae and M. plu ...[more]