Microbe inhibition by Tribolium flour beetles varies with beetle species, strain, sex, and microbe group

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1183-1190

  Prendeville, Holly R ^a   Stevens, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Beetle microbe interactions; Benzoquinones; Coleoptera; Defense compounds; Microbe inhibtion; Tenebrionidae; Tribolium castaneum; Tribolium confusum

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEETLE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; INHIBITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FLOUR; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMIDITY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TRIBOLIUM; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TRIBOLIUM; ANIMALS;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM;

EID: 0035990753     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016281600915     Document Type: Article

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