Stenusine, an antimicrobial agent in the rove beetle genus Stenus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 751-755

  Lusebrink, Inka ^a   Dettner, Konrad ^a   Seifert, Karlheinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic and fungicidal; Stenus; Stenusine and norstenusine

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NORSTENUSINE; STENUSINE;

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BEETLE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FUNGICIDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROOMING; LOCOMOTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOSS; OPEN WATER;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEETLE; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SECRETION; STENUS;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BEETLES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PIPERIDINES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; STAPHYLINIDAE; STENINAE; STENUS;

EID: 46749132298     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0374-z     Document Type: Article

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