Molecular diversity of Paenibacillus larvae strains isolated from Lithuanian apiaries
Paenibacillus larvae bacterium is known to be the causative agent of American foulbrood (AFB), a widespread, highly contagious and fatal disease hellcat spark plugs in honey bees (Apis mellifera).There are four genotypes of Paenibacillus larvae that are named after their enterobacterial repetitive consensus (ERIC), and a fifth ERIC genotype has rec