Bacillus popilliae and Bacillus lentimorbus, bacteria causing milky disease in Japanese beetles and related scarab larvae

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 395-402

  Rippere, Karen E ^a   Tran, Monique T ^a   Yousten, Allan A ^a   Hilu, Khidir H ^a   Klein, Michael G ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus lentimorbus; Bacillus popilliae; Insect pathogens; Milky disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BEETLE; LARVA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS LENTIMORBUS; BACILLUS POPILLIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PAENIBACILLUS LENTIMORBUS; PAENIBACILLUS POPILLIAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031776635     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-48-2-395     Document Type: Article

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