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Pathogenesis, Epidemiology and Variants of Melissococcus plutonius (Ex White), the Causal Agent of European Foulbrood Cover

Pathogenesis, Epidemiology and Variants of Melissococcus plutonius (Ex White), the Causal Agent of European Foulbrood

Journal of Apicultural Science
Volume 64 (2020): Issue 2 (December 2020)
By: Adrián Ponce de León-Door,  Gerardo Pérez-Ordóñez,  Alejandro Romo-Chacón,  Claudio Rios-Velasco,  José D. J. Órnelas-Paz,  Paul B. Zamudio-Flores and  Carlos H. Acosta-Muñiz  
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|Dec 2020

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Fig. 1

Gram staining of Melissococcus plutonius strain ATCC 35311, Cultivated under anaerobic conditions in SBK medium for 5 days at 36°C.
Gram staining of Melissococcus plutonius strain ATCC 35311, Cultivated under anaerobic conditions in SBK medium for 5 days at 36°C.

Fig. 2

Melissococcus plutonius infection cycle 1. egg, 2. Ingestion of M. plutonius (Mp) in the royal jelly (RJ). 3. Proliferation of M. plutonius in the intestine, 4a. Manifestation of EFB symptoms, 4b Larvae without EFB symptoms, 5a. Death of larvae, scale formation and brood removal by worker bees, 5b. Sealing cell and slow pupae development, 5c. Death of larva after cell was seal, 6a. Cell with M. plutonius and secondary agents, 6b. Emergence of smaller adults carrying M. plutonius and cells with M. plutonius and secondary agents. Adapted from Bailey & Ball (1991).
Melissococcus plutonius infection cycle 1. egg, 2. Ingestion of M. plutonius (Mp) in the royal jelly (RJ). 3. Proliferation of M. plutonius in the intestine, 4a. Manifestation of EFB symptoms, 4b Larvae without EFB symptoms, 5a. Death of larvae, scale formation and brood removal by worker bees, 5b. Sealing cell and slow pupae development, 5c. Death of larva after cell was seal, 6a. Cell with M. plutonius and secondary agents, 6b. Emergence of smaller adults carrying M. plutonius and cells with M. plutonius and secondary agents. Adapted from Bailey & Ball (1991).

Fig. 3

Dissemination model of European foulbrood.
Dissemination model of European foulbrood.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2020-0030 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
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Language: English
Page range: 173 - 188
Submitted on: Jan 17, 2020
Accepted on: Aug 27, 2020
Published on: Dec 18, 2020
Published by: Research Institute of Horticulture
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
European foulbrood disease,
pathogenesis,
virulence
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Life sciences, other

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