Reservoir competence of Alphitobius diaperinus (coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in South West Nigeria poultry houses for microorganism

Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 339-343

  Banjo, A D ^a   Lawal, O A ^a   Osinuga, B O ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Alphitobius diaperinus; Coleoptera; Poultry house microbiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEETLE; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; INCUBATION TIME; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ALPHITOBIUS DIAPERINUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COLEOPTERA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 11844297782     PISSN: 09723005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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