Protected by fumigants: Beetle perfumes in antimicrobial defense

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-188

  Gross, Jürgen ^a   Schumacher, Kerstin ^b   Schmidtberg, Henrike ^a   Vilcinskas, Andreas ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Bacillus thuringiensis; Beauveria bassiana; Fumigants; Glandular secretion; Metarhizium anisopliae; Phratora vitellinae; Salicylaldehyde

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SALICYLALDEHYDE;

ALDEHYDE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BEETLE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FUMIGANT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LARVA; SECRETION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEAUVERIA; BEETLE; DRUG EFFECT; EXOCRINE GLAND; LARVA; METABOLISM; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; VOLATILIZATION;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEAUVERIA; BEETLES; EXOCRINE GLANDS; LARVA; METARHIZIUM; ODORS; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEAUVERIA; COLEOPTERA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; EUKARYOTA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PHRATORA VITELLINAE; SALIX;

EID: 39149126653     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9416-9     Document Type: Article

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