Symbiotic bacteria in hornet pupal silk

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 72-75

  Ishay, Jacob S ^a   Riabinin, Ksenia ^a   Pertsis, Vitaly ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

BACTERIUM; PUPA; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; INSECT; LARVA; MEASUREMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; SILK; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA;

EID: 0037291980     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-002-0388-x     Document Type: Article

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