Molecular and physiological analysis of mesophilic aerobic heterotrophic bacteria from the gut of two species of the genus Phaleria Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 95-105

  Barberio, C ^a   Di Cello, F ^a   Chelazzi, L ^b   Colombini, I ^a   Fallaci, M ^a   Fani, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Ecologia Tropicali Cons Naz Ric   (Italy)

Author keywords

ARDRA; Gut bacteria; Phaleria; RAPD; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005951940     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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