Physiology, biochemistry, and topology: Bacterial communities within digestive tracts of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 275-282

  Lundgren, Jonathan G ^a   Lehman, R Michael ^a   Chee Sanford, Joanne ^b  

^a NORTH CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Endosymbiont; Granivore; Insect

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENDOSYMBIONT; POLYMORPHISM; RNA; SYMBIOSIS;

ANISODACTYLUS SANCTAECRUCIS; BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA FUNGORUM; CAEDIBACTER; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ENTEROBACTER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HAFNIA ALVEI; HARPALUS PENSYLVANICUS; HEXAPODA; MOLLICUTES; OTUS; SERRATIA; SERRATIA SP.; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA SP.; WEISSELLA VIRIDESCENS;

EID: 34047183696     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[275:BCWDTO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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