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Microsporidia Identification of Characterization and DNA sequences in Bumble bees from Korea
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The purpose of this stduy was to identify accurately and promptly the Microsporidia disease of bumble bees from Gangwon in Korea. Bumble bees are crucial pollinators of various crops and microsporidia are the critical infections of these hosts. Also, the various species of bumble bees have been used: Bombus terrestris, B. lucorum, B. occidentalis, B. ignites and B. impatiens etc. The symptoms of bumble bees infected microsporidia: their abdomens become distended, paralyzed and become sluggish and die early. We have identified the morphologies of the microsporidium by electron microscopy and found that the morphology of the microsporidium is rounded spore morph, with fairly small spores as described before in many other articles. For the specific and sensitive diagnosis of Nosema in bumble bees, we have developed the improved method of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) conditions for expeditious diagnosis. Two pairs of primers were tested on N. bombi and the related microsporidia; Nosema apis and Nosema sp., both of which infect bumble bees and honey bees and further we have verified and analyzed DNA sequence data of N. bombi in bumble bees by using the BLAST server at the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
