Novel bacterial pathogen Acaricomes phytoseiuli causes severe disease symptoms and histopathological changes in the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari, Phytoseiidae)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-135

  Schütte, Conny ^a   Gols, Rieta ^a   Kleespies, Regina G ^b   Poitevin, Olivier ^a   Dicke, Marcel ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acari; Acaricomes phytoseiuli; Bacteria; Biological control; Crystals; Cytopathology; Disease; Fecundity; Foraging behaviour; Phytoseiidae; Size

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MITE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACARI; ACARIICOMES; ACARIICOMES PHYTOSEIULI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS;

EID: 43949099636     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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