Microsatellite loci for the fungus Ascosphaera apis: cause of honey bee chalkbrood disease

Stephen A Rehner; Jay D Evans

doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02455.x

Microsatellite loci for the fungus Ascosphaera apis: cause of honey bee chalkbrood disease

Mol Ecol Resour. 2009 May;9(3):855-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02455.x. Epub 2009 Feb 3.

Authors

Stephen A Rehner¹, Jay D Evans

Affiliation

¹ USDA-ARS Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, USA 20705 USDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, USA 20705.

PMID: 21564768
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02455.x

Abstract

The fungus Ascosphaera apis is a worldwide fungal pathogen of honey bees. To provide tools for understanding the dispersal history of this pathogen, strain differences in virulence, and host-pathogen interactions, we used the draft genome assembly of A. apis to develop microsatellite loci for this species. We present testing results for 25 scorable loci revealing two to eight alleles per locus in a survey of Maryland isolates of this fungus.