| existence of paenibacillus larvae genotypes eric i-st2, eric i-st15 and eric ii-st10 in the western region of aichi prefecture, japan. | american foulbrood is the most destructive honeybee bacterial disease. the etiological agent, paenibacillus larvae, has been classified into four genotypes by a repetitive-element pcr (eric i-iv) and 21 sequence types by multilocus sequence typing (st1-21). in this study, we genotyped japanese p. larvae isolates for the first time and revealed the presence of three genotypes (eric i-st2, eric i-st15 and eric ii-st10) in the western region of aichi prefecture. eric i-st15 and eric ii-st10 are glo ... | 2016 | 27020320 |