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STUDIES ON EUROPEAN FOUL BROOD OF BEES
Author(s) -
TARR H. L. A.
Publication year - 1938
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1938.tb02356.x
Subject(s) - brood , biology , larva , zoology , ecology
SUMMARY B. pluton will not grow on the chorioallantoin membrane of the developing chicken embryo or on medium made from minced embryos. European foul brood is a purely intestinal infection of the bee larva, the causal organism being localized in the food mass within the peritrophic membrane. Young larvae are readily infected with European foul brood by mixing relatively small numbers of B. pluton organisms, obtained from recently affected larvae, with the brood food surrounding them.