Heterorhabditidoides chongmingensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae), a novel member of the entomopathogenic nematodes

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-168

  Zhang, Chongxing ^a   Liu, Jingrui ^a   Xu, Mingxu ^a   Sun, Jie ^a   Yang, Shouyun ^a   An, Xianhui ^a   Gao, Guofu ^a   Lin, Maosong ^a   Lai, Ren ^a,b   He, Ziyi ^a   Wu, Yidong ^a   Zhang, Keyun ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial symbiont; Description; Heterorhabditidoides chongmingensis gen. nov., sp. nov.; Molecular; New species; Phylogenetic systematics; Serratia; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEMATODE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDITIDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HETERORHABDITIDAE; NEMATODA; RHABDITIDA; RHABDITIDAE; SERRATIA; STEINERNEMATIDAE;

EID: 43949114493     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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