Response of ants to a deterrent factor(s) produced by the symbiotic bacteria of entomopathogenic nematodes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 6202-6209

  Zhou, Xinsheng ^a   Kaya, Harry K ^a   Heungens, Kurt ^b,c   Goodrich Blair, Heidi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; GROWTH KINETICS; LUMINESCENCE; MICROORGANISMS; PORE SIZE;

INSECT CADAVERS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ANT DETERRENT FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANT; ANTIFEEDANT; BACTERIUM; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; NEMATODE; SYMBIONT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHENOTYPE; RHABDITOIDEA; SUCROSE; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORMICIDAE; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; INSECTA; LETHRINIDAE; NEMATODA; PHOTORHABDUS; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 0036951922     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.12.6202-6209.2002     Document Type: Article

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