Diversity of locust gut bacteria protects against pathogen invasion

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1291-1298

  Dillon, R J ^a,b   Vennard, C T ^a   Buckling, A ^a,c   Charnley, A K ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonization resistance; Diversity; Germ free; Locusts; Schistocerca gregaria; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; INVASIBILITY; LOCUST; PATHOGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; SERRATIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 28644450254     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00828.x     Document Type: Article

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