nosema disease
See also: Nosema-disease and Nosema disease
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
1909, translingual Nosema (“a taxonomic genus within the family Nosematidae”) + disease; a calque of German Nosemaseuche, coined from Nosema + Seuche (“epidemic, pestilence”).[1][2]
Noun
nosema disease (usually uncountable, plural nosema diseases) (insect pathology)
- An infectious disease of some insects caused by some microsporidian parasites of the genus Nosema.
- (honey bees) An infectious disease of adult honey bees caused by microsporidian parasites, such as Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae.
- 1949, Edward A. Steinhaus, Principles of insect pathology, New York: McGraw-Hill, →OCLC, page 602:
- Nosema Disease of the Honeybee¶ (Microsporidiosis, or Nosemosis, of the Honeybee)¶ Nosema disease of the honeybee, Apis mellifera Linn., is caused by Nosema apis Zander, a microsporidian parasite of the intestinal epithelium of adult bees.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:nosema disease.
Synonyms
- (disease of insects): microsporidiosis, nosemosis
- (disease of honey bees): Isle of Wight disease, nosemosis
Translations
disease of honey bees
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References
- ^ Alois Alfonsus with F. Oreiner, translator (1909 August 25) “Animal parasites as a cause of bee diseases: Dr. Zander discovers a cause for a disease of mature bees”, in Gleanings in Bee Culture, volume 37, number 21, Medina, Oh.: A. I. Root, published 1 November 1909, →ISSN, pages 665–666.
- ^ Gershom F. White (1919 June 12) “Nosema-disease”, in Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture[1], number 780, Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, →OCLC, page 3.