Anaerobic bacteria isolated from the alimentary canals of alfalfa leafcutting bee larvae

Apidologie

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 327-332

  Inglis, G Douglas ^a,b   Yanke, L Jay ^a   Goettel, Mark S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alimentary canals; Anaerobic microflora; Larvae; Megachile rotundata

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS BREVIS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEE; CLOSTRIDIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FUNGUS; LARVA; NONHUMAN;

AGGREGATA; ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; ASCOSPHAERA AGGREGATA; BACILLUS BREVIS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM LONGISPORUM; FUNGI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE LATIMANUS; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; PAENIBACILLUS MACERANS; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; POLYMYXA;

EID: 0031712545     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19980403     Document Type: Article

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