Survival of Campylobacter spp. in darkling beetles (Alphitobius diaperinus) and their larvae in Australia

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 7909-7911

  Templeton, Julian M ^a   De Jong, Amanda J ^a   Blackall, P J ^a   Miflin, Jeanette K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISEASES;

CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTION; DARKLING BEETLES; PRODUCTION CYCLE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; BEETLE; INFECTIVITY; LARVA; SURVIVAL;

ALPHITOBIUS DIAPERINUS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEETLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKEN; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; TURNAROUND TIME;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BEETLES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKENS; FECES; LARVA; POULTRY DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ALPHITOBIUS DIAPERINUS; CAMPYLOBACTER; COLEOPTERA; GALLUS GALLUS; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 33845537593     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01471-06     Document Type: Article

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