Antimicrobial activity in the egg wax of the African cattle tick Amblyomma hebraeum (Acari: Ixodidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 297-313

  Arrieta, M Claire ^a   Leskiw, Brenda K ^a   Kaufman, W Reuben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amblyomma hebraeum; Antimicrobial activity; Egg wax; Gen 's organ; Ixodid ticks

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CELL EXTRACT; WAX;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; EGG; FECAL COLIFORM; TICK; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CANADA; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CANADA; CATTLE; CELL EXTRACTS; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; OVUM; WAXES;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 33747724096     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-006-9014-5     Document Type: Article

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