A new strain of Paenibacillus lentimorbus isolated from larvae of the oriental beetle, Blitopertha orientalis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), in Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 523-528

  Yokoyama, Tomoko ^a   Tanaka, Masao ^b   Fujiie, Azusa ^a   Hasegawa, Makoto ^a  

^a Chiba Prefectural Agriculture Research Center   (Japan)

^b Chiba Industrial Technology Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Bacteriological characteristics; Blitopertha orientalis; Paenibacillus (Bacillus) lentimorbus; Plasmid profile

Indexed keywords

ANOMALA CUPREA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; EXOMALA ORIENTALIS; INVERTEBRATA; JAPONICA; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LENTIMORBUS; PAENIBACILLUS POPILLIAE; PHYLLOPERTHA DIVERSA; POPILLIA JAPONICA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 1342268177     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2003.523     Document Type: Article

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