Biology of microsporidians infecting the silkworm, Bombyx mori, in Japan

Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-32

  Kawarabata, Takeshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Insect cell lines; Japanese reference strain of silkworm microsporidians; Latex adhesion test; Life cycle; Microsporidia; Nosema bombycis; Nosema sp. NIS M11; Persistent infection of insect cell culture; Ssu rRNA; Synchronous infection; Vairimorpha sp. NIS M12

Indexed keywords

ADHESION TEST; BOMBYX MORI; INSECT CELL CULTURE; INSECT CELL LINES; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA BOMBYCIS; NOSEMA SP. NIS-M11; REFERENCE STRAINS; SSU-RRNA; SYNCHRONOUS INFECTION; VAIRIMORPHA SP. NIS-M12;

ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CLONING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INSPECTION; LATEXES; LIFE CYCLE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOA; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; RNA; STRAIN;

ANIMALS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA BOMBYCIS; NOSEMA SP.; PIERIS RAPAE; PLEISTOPHORA; PLEISTOPHORA SP.; PYRALIDAE; THELOHANIA; THELOHANIA SP.; VAIRIMORPHA; VAIRIMORPHA SP.;

SILKWORM;

EID: 0038684620     PISSN: 13468073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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