Reprint of "Biodiversity and systematics of nematode-bacterium entomopathogens" [Biol. Control 37 (2006) 32-49]

Biological Control

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-21

  Adams, Byron J ^a   Fodor, Andras ^b   Koppenhöfer, Heather S ^d   Stackebrandt, Erko ^e   Patricia Stock, S ^f   Klein, Michael G ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Evolution; Heterorhabditis; Mutualism; Photorhabdus; Steinernema; Symbiosis; Systematics; Taxonomy; Xenorhabdus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HETERORHABDITIS; NEMATODA; PHOTORHABDUS; STEINERNEMA; XENORHABDUS;

EID: 33744823759     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(06)00126-5     Document Type: Article

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