A microbial observatory of caterpillars: Isolation and molecular characterization of protists associated with the saturniid moth caterpillar Rothschildia lebeau

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-115

  Amaral Zettler, Linda A ^a   Laatsch, Abby D ^a   Zettler, Erik ^b,c   Nerad, Thomas A ^d   Cole, Jeffrey ^e   Diaz, Felipe Chavarria ^f   Diaz, Joel ^f   Janzen, Daniel H ^g   Sittenfeld, Ana ^h   Mason, Olivia ^i,j   Reysenbach, Anna Louise ^j  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Sea Education Association   (United States)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION   (United States)

^f Area de Conservacíon Guanacaste ^*  (Costa Rica)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

ⁱ OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOTH; PROTIST;

LEPIDOPTERA; PROTISTA; ROTHSCHILDIA; SATURNIIDAE;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CILIOPHORA; CULTURE MEDIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 21844459796     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.05202008.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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