Resistance of the tick Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) following challenge with the bacterium Escherichia coli (Enterobacteriales: Enterobacteriaceae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 376-383

  Ceraul, Shane M ^a   Sonenshine, Daniel E ^a   Hynes, Wayne L ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermacentor variabilis; Escherichia coli; Nodulation; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIALES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDAE;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; DERMACENTOR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; DERMACENTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEMOCYTES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0036518122     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.2.376     Document Type: Article

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