Ecology of anti-microbials produced by bacterial associates of Steinernema carpocapsae and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora

Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 545-552

  Jarosz, J ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic compound; Bacterial associate; Competition mechanism; Entomopathogenic nematode; Photorhabdus luminescens; Xenorhabdus nematophilus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; INSECT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0029899666     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000066129     Document Type: Article

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