High prevalence of Wolbachia in the Azuki bean beetle Callosobruchus chinensis (Coleoptera, Bruchidae)

Zoological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 955-962

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS CHINENSIS; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); VIGNA ANGULARIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0033236437     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.16.955     Document Type: Article

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