Lysophosphatidylcholine acts in the constitutive immune defence against American foulbrood in adult honeybees

Honeybee (Apis mellifera) imagines are resistant to the Gram-positive bacterium Paenibacillus larvae (P. larvae), causative agent of American foulbrood (AFB), whereas honeybee larvae show susceptibility against this pathogen only during the first 48 h of their life. It is known that midgut homogenat...

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Main Authors: Riessberger-Gallé, Ulrike, Hernández-López, Javier, Rechberger, Gerald, Crailsheim, Karl, Schuehly, Wolfgang
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4969740/