Isolation and cultivation of spore-forming filamentus bacteria from porcellio scaber

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-135

  Jorgensen, Jeremy ^a   Dolan, Sona ^a   Haselton, Aaron ^a   Kolchinsky, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthromitus; Intestinal filaments; Isopod; Motile bacili; Sow bug

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS AND COCCI; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTHROPODA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS ARTHROMITUS; CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; PORCELLIO SCABER;

EID: 0030997108     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-017     Document Type: Article

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