Molecular investigation of the microbial populations of the pink sugarcane mealybug, Saccharicoccus sacchari

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 455-470

  Franke Whittle, I H ^a   O'Shea, M G ^b   Leonard, G J ^b   Sly, L I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BSES LIMITED   (Australia)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Clone library; Pink sugarcane mealybug; Temperature gradient gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ANTONINA CRAWII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS TREMBLAYA PRINCEPS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GLUCONACETOBACTER; GLUCONACETOBACTER DIAZOTROPHICUS; GLUCONACETOBACTER LIQUEFACIENS; GLUCONACETOBACTER SACCHARI; HEMIPTERA; PARACOCCUS (BACTERIUM); PARACOCCUS (MEALYBUG); PARACOCCUS NOTHOFAGICOLA; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; SACCHARICOCCUS SACCHARI; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 33751306244     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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