Antimicrobial activity of the termite (Isoptera) alkaloid norharmane against the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae

Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 563-577

  Siderhurst, Matthew S ^a   James, David M ^a   Blunt, Tamla D ^a   Bjostad, Louis B ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Isoptera; Metarhizium anisopliae; Norharmane

Indexed keywords

AMITERMES; ANOPLOTERMES; COPTOTERMES; CRYPTOTERMES; FUNGI; GNATHAMITERMES; HETEROTERMES; INCISITERMES; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMES; MARGINITERMES; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MICROCEROTERMES; NASUTITERMES; NEOTERMES; PARANEOTERMES; PRORHINOTERMES; PTEROTERMES; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TENUIROSTRITERMES; ZOOTERMOPSIS;

EID: 28444487471     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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