Pathogenicity, development, and reproduction of Heterorhabditis bactoriophora and Steinernema carpocapsae under axenic in vivo conditions

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-58

  Han, Richou ^a   Ehlers, Ralf Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axenic culture; Galleria mellonella; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Nutritive significance; Photorhabdus luminescens; Steinernema carpocapsae; Symbiosis; X. poinarii; Xenorhabdus nematophilus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEMATODA; PHOTORHABDUS; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA; XENORHABDUS POINARII;

EID: 0034034840     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1999.4900     Document Type: Article

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