Internal and external mycoflora of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae), and its ecological implications

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4994-4996

  Yoder, Jay A ^a   Hanson, Peter E ^a   Zettler, Lawrence W ^a   Benoit, Joshua B ^b   Ghisays, Fiorella ^b   Piskin, Kurt A ^b  

^a WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUNGI;

MYCOFLORA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; TICK;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; ECOLOGY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; MICROASCUS BREVICAULIS; MICROFLORA; MORTALITY; MYCOFLORA; NONHUMAN; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; TICK;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; DERMACENTOR; ECOLOGY; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; ASCOMYCOTA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; IXODIDAE; MICROASCACEAE; MICROASCUS; SCOPULARIOPSIS; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS;

EID: 0042028348     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4994-4996.2003     Document Type: Article

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