Colonization of the guts of germ-free desert locusts, Schistocerca Gregaria, by the bacterium Pantoea agglomerans

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-14

  Dillon, R J ^a   Charnley, A K ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Locusts; Pantoea agglomerans; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0002267728     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.0002     Document Type: Article

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