New insights into symbiotic associations between ants and bacteria

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 513-519

  Boursaux Eude, Caroline ^a   Gross, Roy ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ants; Bacteria; Endosymbiont; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANT; BACTERIUM; FUNGUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

ARACHNIDA; ATTINI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPONOTUS; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0033834144     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(00)00221-7     Document Type: Review

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