| american foulbrood of the honey bee: occurrence and distribution of different genotypes of paenibacillus larvae in the administrative district of arnsberg (north rhine-westphalia). | between march 2003 and october 2004, paenibacillus larvae, the aetiological agent of american foulbrood disease of the honey bee, was isolated from broodcombs and honey samples of 54 apiaries in the administrative district of arnsberg (north rhine-westphalia, germany). genotyping of 176 p. larvae isolates with repetitive element polymerase chain reaction fingerprinting (rep-pcr) using box a1r and mbo rep1 primers revealed five different genotypes (ab, ab, ab, ass, acapital be, cyrillic). in samp ... | 2006 | 16626408 |