Diversity of Melissococcus plutonius from Honeybee Larvae in Japan and Experimental Reproduction of European Foulbrood with Cultured Atypical Isolates

• Rie Arai,

  Affiliations Saitama Prefectural Chuo Livestock Hygiene Service Center, Saitama, Japan, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

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• Kiyoshi Tominaga,

  Affiliation Yamaguchi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment, Yamaguchi, Japan

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• Meihua Wu,

  Affiliation Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Masatoshi Okura,

  Affiliation Bacterial and Parasitic Disease Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Kazutomo Ito,

  Affiliation Gifu Prefectural Gifu Livestock Hygiene Service Center, Gifu, Japan

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• Naomi Okamura,

  Affiliation Animal Quarantine Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Yokohama, Japan

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• Hidetaka Onishi,

  Affiliation Fukushima Prefectural Kenchu Livestock Hygiene Service Center, Koriyama, Japan

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• Makoto Osaki,

  Current address: Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

  Affiliation Bacterial and Parasitic Disease Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Yuya Sugimura,

  Affiliation Honey Bee Research Unit, Animal Breeding and Reproduction Research Division, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Mikio Yoshiyama,

  Affiliation Honey Bee Research Unit, Animal Breeding and Reproduction Research Division, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

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• Daisuke Takamatsu

  * E-mail: p1013dt@affrc.go.jp

  Affiliations The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan, Bacterial and Parasitic Disease Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan

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