Antagonistic Effect of Gut Bacteria in the Hybrid Carniolan Honey Bee, Apis Mellifera Carnica, Against Ascosphaera Apis, the Causal Organism of Chalkbrood Disease

Published Online: May 27, 2014

Page range: 17 - 27

Received: Dec 25, 2012

Accepted: Apr 11, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2014-0002

Keywords

antifungal activity, Apis mellifera carnica, Ascosphaera apis, growth inhibition assay, gut bacteria, scanning electron microscopy

© by Mohammad J. Ansari

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