Nosema ceranae is an old resident of honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in Mexico, causing infection levels of one million spores per bee or higher during summer and fall
| Autor: | Adriana Correa-Benítez, Cristina Guerrero-Molina, Mollah Md. Hamiduzzaman, Ernesto Guzman-Novoa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine biology Zoology Honey bee Bees biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Nosema ceranae Polymerase Chain Reaction Spore Microsporidium 010602 entomology 03 medical and health sciences Honey Bees 030104 developmental biology Nosema Botany Parasite hosting Animals Seasons Mexico Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Journal of invertebrate pathology. 141 |
| ISSN: | 1096-0805 |
| Popis: | This study was conducted to identify Nosema spp. and to determine their infection levels in honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) samples collected in Mexico in 1995–1996. Samples of historical surveys from different countries are of particular interest to support or challenge the hypothesis that the microsporidium Nosema ceranae is a new parasite of A. mellifera that has recently dispersed across the world. We demonstrate that N. ceranae has parasitized honey bees in Mexico since at least 1995 and that the infection levels of this parasite during summer and fall, exceed the threshold at which treatment of honey bee colonies is recommended. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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