Pathogenicity caused by high virulent and low virulent strains of Steinernema carpocapsae to Galleria mellonella

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-54

  Simoes N ^a   Caldas, C ^a   Rosa, J S ^a   Bonifassi, E ^b   Laumond, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Galleria mellonella; High virulent strain; Low virulent strain; Pathogenicity; Proteases; Steinernema carpocapsae; Virulence factors; fucosidase; mannosidase

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; VERMES; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 0342368277     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1999.4899     Document Type: Article

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