After more than a century of American Foulbrood (AFB) research, this fatal brood infection is
still among the most deleterious bee diseases. Its etiological agent is the Gram-positive …

American foulbrood is one of the most devastating diseases of the honey bee. It is caused by
the spore-forming, Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium Paenibacillus larvae. The recent …

A polyphasic taxonomic study of the two subspecies of Paenibacillus larvae, Paenibacillus
larvae subsp. larvae and Paenibacillus larvae subsp. pulvifaciens, supported the …

High-fidelity PCR of 16S rRNA sequences was used to identify bacteria associated with
worker adults of the honeybee subspecies Apis mellifera capensis and Apis mellifera …

In this study, the effects of the Bt-toxin Cry1Ab and a soybean trypsin inhibitor (SBTI) on
intestinal bacterial communities of adult honeybees (Apis mellifera) were investigated. It was …

Seventy polyfloral honeys including commercial samples obtained from supermarkets,
harvested from apiaries and purchased in bulk were initially examined for total antibacterial …

American foulbrood (AFB) is a bacterial disease of honeybee larvae caused by the spore‐
forming bacterium Paenibacillus larvae. Although AFB and its aetiological agent are …

Highlights•Paenibacillus larvae is the best studied brood pathogen of honey bees.•The
honey bee pathogen Melissococcus plutonius awaits further characterization.•Pathogenicity …

Worldwide, American foulbrood (AFB) is the most devastating bacterial disease of the honey
bee (Apis mellifera). Because the distinction between AFB and powdery scale disease is no …

Paenibacillus larvae is the causal agent of American Foulbrood (AFB) disease, the most
virulent bacterial disease of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) brood. Oxytetracycline is the main …