Bacterial density and survey of cultivable heterotrophs in the surface water of a freshwater marsh habitat of Anopheles quadrimaculatus larvae (diptera: culicidae)

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-77

  Smith, Tracy W ^a   Walker, Edward D ^a   Kaufman, Michael G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles quadrimaculatus; Bacteria; Freshwater marsh; Larvae

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; POACEAE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BACTERIA; FRESH WATER; LARVA; POACEAE;

EID: 0032016948     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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