Culture-independent identification of gut bacteria in fourth-instar red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, larvae

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-33

  Lee, Albert H ^a   Husseneder, Claudia ^a   Hooper Bùi, Linda ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Bacteria; Red imported fire ant; Solenopsis invicta; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RNA GENE; SOUTH AMERICA; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENES, RRNA; LARVA; SOUTH AMERICA; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 42649133872     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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