Defense mechanism of the termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, to entomopathogenic fungi

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-170

  Yanagawa, Aya ^a   Yokohari, Fumio ^b   Shimizu, Susumu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Faculty of Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attachment; Beauveria brongniartii; Coptotermes formosanus; Entomopathogenic fungi; Metarhizium anisopliae; Mutual grooming behavior; Paecilomyces fumosoroseus; Shiraki

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; FUNGUS SPORE; GROOMING; HISTOLOGY; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PAECILOMYCES; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GROOMING; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM; MYCOSES; PAECILOMYCES; SPORES, FUNGAL; VIRULENCE;

BEAUVERIA; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; CORDYCEPS BRONGNIARTII; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS;

EID: 38349132246     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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