Molecular characterization of Rickettsia sp. In a bruchid beetle, Kytorhinus sharpianus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 391-397

  Fukatsu, Takema ^a   Shimada, Masakazu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Bruchid beetles; Kytorhinus sharpianus; Molecular phylogeny; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; KYTORHINUS; KYTORHINUS SHARPIANUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA SP.;

EID: 0033177296     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.34.391     Document Type: Article

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