Enzymatic activities of bacteria isolated from the digestive tract of caterpillars and the pupal content of Automeris zugana and Rothschildia lebeau (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae);Actividades enzimáticas en aislamientos bacterianos de tractos digestivos de larvas y del contenido de pupas de Automeris zugana y Rothschildia lebeau (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 401-415

  Pinto Tomás, Adrián ^a   Uribe Lorío, Lorena ^a   Blanco, John ^a   Fontecha, Gustavo ^a   Rodríguez, César ^a   Mora, Marielos ^a   Janzen, Daniel ^b   Chavarría, Felipe ^c   Díaz, Joel ^c   Sittenfeld, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Área de Conservación Guanacaste ACG   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

rea de Conservaci n Guanacaste; Automeris zugana; Bacterial enzymes; Caterpillar; Costa Rica; Rothschildia lebeau; Saturniidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LEPIDOPTERA; PUPA;

AUTOMERIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; POSIBACTERIA; ROTHSCHILDIA; SATURNIIDAE;

EID: 47749105658     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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