Interaction of the bacteria Xenorhabdus nematophila (Enterobactericeae) and Bacillus subtilis (Bacillaceae) with the hemocytes of larval Malacosoma disstria (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-30

  Giannoulis, Paschalis ^a   Brooks, Cory L ^a   Dunphy, Gary B ^a   Mandato, Craig A ^b   Niven, Donald F ^a   Zakarian, Robert J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hemocytes; Lysozyme; Malacosoma; Phenoloxidase; Plasma protein; Xenorhabdus

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LYSOZYME; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BLOOD CELL; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; XENORHABDUS;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; HEMOCYTES; HEMOLYMPH; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MURAMIDASE; XENORHABDUS;

BACILLACEAE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; PROKARYOTA; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 33845910116     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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