Restricted ingestion of bacteria by fire ants

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 275-277

  Jouvenaz, Donald P ^a   Lord, Jeffrey C ^b   Undeen, Albert H ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b Mycotech Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis: Bacillus sphaericus; Biological control; Fire ants; Formicides; Microbial insecticides; Serratia marcescens; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORMICIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0000252778     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.0096     Document Type: Article

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