Effect of natural products on gut microbes in Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-71

  Doolittle, Mark ^a   Raina, Ashok ^b   Lax, Alan ^b   Boopathy, Raj ^a  

^a NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Flagellates; Formosan subterranean termite (FST); Neem extract; Protozoans; Spirochaetes

Indexed keywords

INSECT CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS;

FORMOSAN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE (FST); NEEM EXTRACTS; PROTOZOANS; SPIROCHAETES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; MICROORGANISM; MORTALITY; NEEM; PLANT EXTRACT; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TERMITE;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; HOLOMASTIGOTOIDES; ISOPTERA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA; PSEUDOTRICHONYMPHA GRASSII; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETES; SPIROTRICHONYMPHA LEIDYI;

EID: 33845918033     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2006.06.023     Document Type: Article

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