Melissococcus plutonius
(European Foul Brood (Of Honey Bees) - EFB - causative organism)

Interactions where Melissococcus plutonius is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
endoparasitises mid-gut of larva UK/Ireland Apis mellifera Honey Bee, Hive Bee Hymenoptera: Apidae Diseases of the honey bee, Wikipedia
Bee Pests and Diseases, FERA
The Hymenopterist’s Handbook, Betts, C. (ed.), 1986
/Melissococcus plutonius/Melissococcus plutoniuseuropean foul brood (of honey bees) - EFB - causative organism Animal / parasite / endoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Apis mellifera/Apis melliferahoney bee, hive beemid-gutlarva

Melissococcus plutonius (European Foul Brood (Of Honey Bees) - EFB - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Melissococcus plutonius (European Foul Brood (Of Honey Bees) - EFB - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
WikipediaDiseases of the honey beeen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diseases_of_the_honey_bee
FERABee Pests and Diseasessecure.csl.gov.uk/beebase/public/BeeDiseases/indexDiseases.cfm
Betts, C. (ed.), 1986The Hymenopterist’s HandbookVol 7., Second edition, 208pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelissococcus plutonius (European Foul Brood (Of Honey Bees) - EFB - causative organism)
DomainBacteria (bacteria, mitochondria, blue-green algae)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Melissococcus plutonius (European Foul Brood (Of Honey Bees) - EFB - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Melissococcus plutonius (European Foul Brood (Of Honey Bees) - EFB - causative organism):

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