Phagocytic activity and encapsulation rate of Galleria mellonella larval haemocytes during bacterial infection by Bacillus thuringiensis

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 360-362

  Dubovskiy, I M ^a   Krukova, N A ^a   Glupov, V V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY OF ANIMALS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cell immunity; Encapsulation; Galleria mellonella; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BLOOD CELL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HEMOLYMPH; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEMOCYTES; HEMOLYMPH; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MOTHS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 45849114743     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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