Phospholipase A₂ activity is required for immune defense of European (Apis mellifera) and Asian (Apis cerana) honeybees against American foulbrood pathogen, Paenibacillus larvae

• Gahyeon Jin,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, Korea

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• Md Tafim Hossain Hrithik,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, Korea

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• Eeshita Mandal,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, Korea

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• Eui-Joon Kil,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, Korea

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• Chuleui Jung,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, Korea

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• Yonggyun Kim

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hosanna@anu.ac.kr

  Affiliation Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6840-2167

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