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SUBMITTER: Ansari MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5562458 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Saudi journal of biological sciences 20161028 6
A large-scale field survey was conducted to screen major Saudi Arabian beekeeping locations for infection by <i>Melissococcus plutonius. M. plutonius</i> is one of the major bacterial pathogens of honeybee broods and is the causative agent of European Foulbrood disease (EFB). Larvae from samples suspected of infection were collected from different apiaries and homogenized in phosphate buffered saline (PBS). Bacteria were isolated on MYPGP agar medium. Two bacterial isolates, ksuMP7 and ksuMP9 (1 ...[more]