Bee Pathogens and the Utilization of Bee Immune Substances  

Authors

  • Titiya Chittihunsa Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Silpakorn University Mueang district
  • Tipaporn Subsomboon Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Silpakorn University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14456/thaidoa-agres.2009.7

Keywords:

honey bee immune system, antimicrobial prptide, antibiotics, genetic engineering organisms

Abstract

Honey      bees   as   well   as    other    living    organisms     have    to face    with    several    pathogens,    thus    they    have   to    develop   immune    to   fight     with   the   infecting    microbes. the knowledge    of   bee    immune   has  been    normally,    used   to    select     some    resistance     strains    of    honey    bees    to   some     diseases     which   tremendously   help    the   success    in    apiculture.   This    knowledge    has been    currently    applied    for    several     useful    aspects    such   as   the   transfer    of    antibiotic     producing      genes     form    honey    bee    into    some    plants    to    make     the     GMO   plants   resist    to    some    plant   diseases.   These     target     genes    were    transferred    into    yeasts    to     get    some    new     antibiotics    that    were    also     transferred    into   some insect    vectors.    The    mosquitoes    were    raised    as   an    example     a the    vectors    for     malaria     and     hemorrhagic    fever,   so   that    the   GMO    insect    can    destroy    or    reduce    the     microbes    pathogenicity. Some   important    bee   diseases,   factors    that    effect     and    types   of  bee    immune     system,    antimicrobial     peptides    and    their     applications,   the     diversity    of     some     genes     involving    in    bee    immune     was     summarized    in    this     article.

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Published

2009-03-31

How to Cite

Chittihunsa, T., & Subsomboon, T. (2009). Bee Pathogens and the Utilization of Bee Immune Substances  . Thai Agricultural Research Journal, 27(1), 98. https://doi.org/10.14456/thaidoa-agres.2009.7

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Technical or research paper