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Pébrine, or "pepper disease," is a
disease of silkworms,
which is
caused by
protozoan microsporidian parasites,
mainly Nosema bombycis and, to a lesser...
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Pasteur familiarized himself with
pébrine and also with
another disease of the silkworm,
known earlier than
pebrine:
flacherie or dead-flat disease. Contrary...
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discovery of two
separate diseases infecting the silkworms:
pébrine and flacherie.
Pébrine,
known as "pepper disease," was
caused by the microsporidia...
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infecting silkworms,
responsible for
pébrine. This
species was the
first microsporidium described, when
pebrine decimated silkworms in
farms in the mid-19th...
- In 1857, Nägeli
first described microsporidia, the
causative agent of
pebrine disease in silkworms,
which has
historically devastated the silk industry...
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racing driver Louis Pasteur did his
research on the
silkworm disease (
pébrine and flacherie) at Alès, and the town
dedicated a bust to his memory. There...
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fermentation to microorganisms,
later for
attributing the
silkworm disease pebrine to microorganisms, and
eventually over the
validity of germ theory. Béchamp...
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Similar to B****i,
Pasteur extended his
research on germ
theory by
studying pébrine, a
disease that
causes brown spots on silkworms.
While Swiss botanist Carl...
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chawkie rearing house. This
disease develops faster in
early instar rearing.
Pébrine is a
disease caused by a
parasitic microsporidian,
Nosema bombycis. Diseased...
- applications. Like the
domesticated silkworm, this
species is
susceptible to
pébrine, a
disease caused by
microsporidian fungi in the
genus Nosema. It is lethal...
