In the battle of the disease: a transcriptomic analysis of European foulbrood‑diseased larvae of the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera)
Background: European foulbrood is a significant bacterial brood disease of Apis sp. and can cause severe and devastating damages in beekeeping operations. Nevertheless, the epidemiology of its causative agent Melissococcus plutonius has been begun to uncover but the underlying mechanisms of infection and cause of disease still is not well understood. Here, we sought to…