Effects of larval mosquitoes (Aedes triseriatus) and stemflow on microbial community dynamics in container habitats

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2661-2673

  Kaufman, Michael G ^a   Walker, Edward D ^a   Smith, Tracy W ^a   Merritt, Richard W ^a   Klug, Michael J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID ESTER; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; STEMFLOW;

AEDES TRISERIATUS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AEDES TRISERIATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; OCHLEROTATUS TRISERIATUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033050136     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2661-2673.1999     Document Type: Article

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