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Journal of Apicultural Science
Volume 64 (2020): Issue 2 (December 2020)
Open Access
Pathogenesis, Epidemiology and Variants of
Melissococcus plutonius
(
Ex
White), the Causal Agent of European Foulbrood
Adrián Ponce de León-Door
Adrián Ponce de León-Door
,
Gerardo Pérez-Ordóñez
Gerardo Pérez-Ordóñez
,
Alejandro Romo-Chacón
Alejandro Romo-Chacón
,
Claudio Rios-Velasco
Claudio Rios-Velasco
,
José D. J. Órnelas-Paz
José D. J. Órnelas-Paz
,
Paul B. Zamudio-Flores
Paul B. Zamudio-Flores
and
Carlos H. Acosta-Muñiz
Carlos H. Acosta-Muñiz
| Dec 18, 2020
Journal of Apicultural Science
Volume 64 (2020): Issue 2 (December 2020)
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Article Category:
Review paper
Published Online:
Dec 18, 2020
Page range:
173 - 188
Received:
Jan 17, 2020
Accepted:
Aug 27, 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2020-0030
Keywords
European foulbrood disease
,
pathogenesis
,
virulence
© 2020 Adrián Ponce de León-Door et al., published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.
Fig. 1
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).
Fig. 3
Dissemination model of European foulbrood.