Different defense strategies of Dendrolimus pini, Galleria mellonella, and Calliphora vicina against fungal infection

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 909-922

  Bogus M I ^a   Kedra, E ^a   Bania, J ^b   Szczepanik, M ^c   Czygier, M ^a   Jablonski P ^d   Pasztaleniec, A ^d   Samborski, J ^a   Mazgajska, J ^a   Polanowski, A ^e  

^a W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

^b WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Calliphora vicina; Conidiobolus coronatus; Dendrolimus pini; Fungal infection; Galleria mellonella

Indexed keywords

CUTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENCAPSULATION; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLY; FUNGUS; MORTALITY; MOTH; PATHOGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CONIDIOBOLUS; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONIDIOBOLUS; HEMOCYTES; INSECTS; LARVA; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

CALLIPHORA VICINA; CONIDIOBOLUS; CONIDIOBOLUS CORONATUS; DENDROLIMUS PINI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34548161575     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.02.016     Document Type: Article

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